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Subject: Re: Interacting with Computers, Volume 22, Issue 4
Please, can someone remove me from this mailing list! Sorry but I'm just
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Regards Pete
On 25 May 2010, at 18:29, Dianne Murray <[log in to unmask]>
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> New Volume/Issue is now available on ScienceDirect,
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5644-2010-999779995-2041800
>
> I am pleased to announce that the latest issue of the journal,
> Interacting with Computers, Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 241-312 (July
> 2010) is now available.
>
> This is a Special Issue, edited by Gavin Doherty and Timothy Bickmore
> on the topic: Supportive Interaction: Computer Interventions for
> Mental Health.
>
>
> Contents:
>
> Editorial: Gavin Doherty, Timothy Bickmore
>
> Design and evaluation guidelines for mental health technologies.
> Gavin Doherty, David Coyle, Mark Matthews
> Abstract
> It is increasingly recognised that technology has the potential to
> significantly improve access, engagement, effectiveness and
> affordability of treatment for mental health problems. The
> development of such technology has recently become the subject of
> Human-Computer Interaction research. As an emerging area with a uniq
> ue set of constraints and design concerns, there is a need to establ
> ish guidelines which encapsulate the knowledge gained from existing
> development projects. We present an initial set of design guidelines
> extracted from the literature and from a series of development proj
> ects for software to support mental health interventions. The first
> group of guidelines pertain to the design process itself, addressing
> the limitations in access to clients in mental healthcare settings,
> and strategies for collaborative design with therapists. The second
> group considers major design factors in the development of these te
> chnologies, including therapeutic models, client factors, and privac
> y. The third group concerns conduct of the evaluation process, and t
> he constraints on evaluating mental healthcare technologies. We moti
> vate and explain these guidelines with reference to concrete design
> projects and problems.
>
>
> Problems people with dementia have with kitchen tasks: The challenge
> for pervasive computing.
> Joseph P. Wherton, Andrew F. Monk
> Abstract
> Technologies from pervasive computing can be used to ameliorate the
> difficulties that people with dementia have with multi-step tasks.
> This paper is intended to inform the design of technologies that
> help people perform daily tasks, by prompting them when they have
> difficulties, thus fostering independence and quality of life. Six
> people with mild to moderate dementia were video recorded performing
> activities of their own choosing in the familiar context of their
> own kitchens. In total there were 22 video recordings. Activities
> included making a cup of tea or coffee, a bowl of soup, beans on
> toast, or coffee with toast. The video recordings were transcribed
> using an adapted version of the Action Coding System. Incidents,
> where prompting was judged to be needed were categorised using a
> data-driven analysis as problems in: Sequencing (intrusion, omission
> and repetition), Finding things (locating and identifying),
> Operation of appliances, and Incoherence (toying and inactivity).
> Detailed examples of each type of incident, and the contexts in
> which it occurred, are provided as a resource for the design of
> pervasive computing solutions. What needs to be detected and what
> form prompts might take is specified for each category.
>
>
> Using a touch screen computer to support relationships between
> people with dementia and caregivers.
> Arlene J. Astell, Maggie P. Ellis, Lauren Bernardi, Norman Alm,
> Richard Dye, Gary Gowans, Jim Campbell
> Abstract
> Progressive and irreversible cognitive impairments affect the
> ability of people with dementia to communicate and interact with
> caregivers. This places a burden on caregivers to initiate and
> manage interactions to the extent that they may avoid all but
> essential communication. CIRCA is an interactive, multimedia touch
> screen system that contains a wide range of stimuli to prompt
> reminiscing. The intention is that people with dementia and
> caregivers will explore CIRCA together, using the recollections
> sparked by the media as the basis for conversations. This paper
> reports an evaluation of the utility of CIRCA looking particularly
> at whether CIRCA can meet the needs of both people with dementia and
> caregivers to engage in mutually satisfying interactions. The
> findings confirm that people with dementia can use the touch screen
> system and that the contents prompt them to reminisce. The system
> also supports caregivers to interact with people with dementia as
> more equal participants in the conversation. The results suggest
> that interacting with the touch screen system is engaging and
> enjoyable for people with dementia and caregivers alike and provides
> a supportive interaction environment that positively benefits their
> relationships.
>
>
> Maintaining reality: Relational agents for antipsychotic medication
> adherence.
> Timothy W. Bickmore, Kathryn Puskar, Elizabeth A. Schlenk, Laura M.
> Pfeifer, Susan M. Sereika
> Abstract
> We describe an animated, conversational computer agent designed to
> promote antipsychotic medication adherence among patients with
> schizophrenia. In addition to medication adherence, the agent also
> promotes physical activity and system usage, and includes verbal and
> nonverbal behaviour designed to foster a therapeutic alliance with
> patients. We discuss special considerations in designing
> interventions for this patient population, and challenges in
> developing and evaluating conversational agents in the mental health
> domain. Results from a pilot evaluation study of the agent indicate
> that it is accepted and effective.
>
>
> Response to a relational agent by hospital patients with depressive
> symptoms.
> Timothy W. Bickmore, Suzanne E. Mitchell, Brian W. Jack, Michael K.
> Paasche-Orlow, Laura M. Pfeifer, Julie O'Donnell
> Abstract
> Depression affects approximately 15% of the US population, and is
> recognised as an important risk factor for poor outcomes among
> patients with various illnesses. Automated health education and
> behaviour change programs have the potential to help address many of
> the shortcomings in health care. However, the role of these systems
> in the care of patients with depression has been insufficiently
> examined. In the current study, we sought to evaluate how
> hospitalised medical patients would respond to a computer animated
> conversational agent that has been developed to provide information
> in an empathic fashion about a patient's hospital discharge plan. In
> particular, we sought to examine how patients who have a high level
> of depressive symptoms respond to this system. Therapeutic alliance
> - the trust and belief that a patient and provider have in working
> together to achieve a desired therapeutic outcome - was used as the
> primary outcome measure, since it has been shown to be important in
> predicting outcomes across a wide range of health problems, includin
> g depression. In an evaluation of 139 hospital patients who interact
> ed with the agent at the time of discharge, all patients, regardless
> of depressive symptoms, rated the agent very high on measures of sa
> tisfaction and ease of use, and most preferred receiving their disch
> arge information from the agent compared to their doctors or nurses
> in the hospital. In addition, we found that patients with symptoms i
> ndicative of major depression rated the agent significantly higher o
> n therapeutic alliance compared to patients who did not have major d
> epressive symptoms. We conclude that empathic agents represent a pro
> mising technology for patient assessment, education and counselling
> for those most in need of comfort and caring in the inpatient setting.
>
>
> The therapist user interface of a virtual reality exposure therapy
> system in the treatment of fear of flying.
> Willem-Paul Brinkman, Charles van der Mast, Guntur Sandino, Lucy T.
> Gunawan, Paul M.G. Emmelkamp
> Abstract
> The use of virtual reality (VR) technology to support the treatment
> of patients with phobia, such as the fear of flying, is getting
> considerable research attention. Research mainly focuses on the
> patient experience and the effect of the treatment. In this paper,
> however, the focus is on the interaction therapists have with the
> system. Two studies are presented in which the therapist user
> interface is redesigned and evaluated. The first study was conducted
> in 2001 with the introduction of the system into the clinic. The
> original user interface design was compared with a redesign that was
> based on interviews with therapists. The results of a user study
> with five therapists and 11 students showed significant usability
> improvement. In 2008 a follow-up study was conducted on how
> therapists were now using the redesigned system. Using a direct
> observation approach six therapists were observed during a total of
> 14 sessions with patients. The analysis showed that: 93% of the
> exposures had similar patterns, therapists triggered 20
> inappropriate sound recordings (e.g. the pilot giving height
> information while taking off), and more complex airplane simulation
> functions (e.g. roll control to make turns with the airplane) were
> only used by a therapist who was also a pilot. This resulted in a
> second redesign of the user interface, which allowed therapists to
> select flight scenarios (e.g. a flight with extra long taxiing, a
> flight with multiple taking off and landing sessions) instead of
> controlling the simulation manually. This new design was again
> evaluated with seven therapists. Again, results showed significant
> usability improvements. These findings led to five design guidelines
> with the main tenet in favour of a treatment-focused user interface
> (i.e. specific flying scenario) instead of a simulation-focused user
> interface (i.e. specific airplane controls).
>
>
> Most Cited Paper Award, 2009. To Dianne Cyr, Khaled Hassanein,
> Milena Head, and Alex Ivanov, for "The role of social presence in es
> tablishing loyalty in e-Service environments", Interacting with Comp
> uters, Vol. 19.1 (2007) 43-56. Published as a contribution to the Sp
> ecial Issue on Moving Face-to-Face communication to Web-based system
> s, edited by Jane Coughlan, Robert Macredie and Nayna Patel.
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