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A.Ledesma,H.Nieminen,P.Valve,M.Ermes,H.JimisonandM.

Pavel,"Theshapeofhealth:Acomparisonof
fivealternativewaysofvisualizingpersonalhealthandwellbeing,"201537thAnnualInternationalConference
oftheIEEEEngineeringinMedicineandBiologySociety(EMBC),Milan,2015,pp.76387641.
doi:10.1109/EMBC.2015.7320161
Abstract:Thecombinationofclinicalandpersonalhealthandwellbeingdatacantellusmuchaboutour
behaviors,risksandoverallstatus.Thewaythisdataisvisualizedmayaffectourunderstandingofourown
health.Tostudythiseffect,weconductedasmallexperimentwith30participantsinwhichwepresenteda
holisticoverviewofthehealthandwellbeingoftwomodeledindividuals,oneofthemwithmetabolic
syndrome.Weusedaninsightbasedmethodologytoassesstheeffectivenessofthevisualizations.Theresults
showthatadequatevisualizationofholistichealthdatahelpsuserswithoutmedicalbackgroundtobetter
understandtheoverallhealthsituationandpossiblehealthrisksrelatedtolifestyles.Furthermore,wefoundthat
theapplicationofinsightbasedmethodologyinthehealthandwellbeingdomainremainsunexploredand
additionalresearchandmethodologydevelopmentareneeded.
keywords:{bloodpressuremeasurementdiseasesmedicaldisordersclinicaldatahealthriskshealth
shapeholistichealthdatainsightbasedmethodologymedicalbackgroundmetabolicsyndromemethodology
developmentpersonalhealthdatawellbeingdomainAtmosphericmeasurementsBloodpressureData
visualizationDiabetesParticlemeasurementsVisualization},
URL:http://ezproxy.uninorte.edu.co:2074/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7320161&isnumber=7318236

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