Difference between revisions of "KHealth Bariatrics: A Multi-sensory Approach to Support Patient for Post Surgical behaviour"

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Motivation and Background

Obesity has evolved into a pandemic health problem. According to American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), 500 million people all over the world are obese. The data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) shows that more than 36% of adults in the United States have obesity. According to World Health Organization (WHO), 65% of the world’s population lives in countries where the occurrence of death due to overweight and obesity is higher than being underweight. Also, the analysis on the prevalence of obesity shows that it has doubled in more than 70 countries and continuously increased in most other countries since 1980. The disease burden of obesity heeds the attention as it has reached epidemic proportions.

Bariatrics: Treating Obesity

Bariatric surgery is one of the most effective means of treating obesity that resulted in improved obesity related co-morbidities and increased over all life expectancy. But, the weight recidivism post bariatric surgery has been observed in significant proportion of the patients. Aetiologies of weight regain appeared to be multifactorial, related to patient specific factors. Hence, a constant monitoring of the patient's’ post surgical progress is essential to determine the causes of weight regain.

kHealth: Knowledge enabled Personalised Digital Healthcare

As the austerity of the diseases grew, the Personalised Digital Healthcare evolved as well. Remarkable contributions has been made by KNO.E.SIS - Wright State's Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-Enabled Computing in the field of Personalised Digital Healthcare.

kHealth Bariatrics

kHealth Bariatrics is an multisensory approach to support patients for post surgical progress. In this project, as a bout against weight recidivism, the patients are monitored continuously to identify the deviation from the recommended post surgical guidelines. The computer scientists working at Kno.e.sis, an Ohio Center of Excellence in BioHealth Innovation, are collaborating with a bariatric surgeon Dr.Joon Shim and a behavioural specialist Dr.Dene Berman to bolster weight loss surgery patients for appropriate postsurgical progress. In our mobile personalized digital health solution, we use an Android application coupled with sensors to monitor patient’s compliance with post-surgery progress and motivate patients to have proper follow-ups.

The sensors include a wireless weighing machine that automatically sends data to the cloud, activity and sleep monitoring wristband which also measures heart rate, water bottle sensor and pill bottle sensor which prompts the patient for proper intake of water and vitamin pills. Additionally, the android app with its simple questionnaire helps in monitoring the patient’s diet and emotional well-being.

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References

[1]Disease of Obesity. American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Retrieved on Sep 21,2017.
[2]Adult Obesity Facts. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 01 Sept. 2016. Web. 30 Apr. 2017.
[3]Shahzeer Karmali, Balpreet Brar, Xinzhe Shi, Arya M. Sharma, Christopher Gara, Daniel W. Birch. Weight Recidivism Post-Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review.(2013) Obesity Surgery 23, 1922-1933.