An Assistive System for Non-vocal Patients in Intensive Care Units

Jan Patrick Kopetz; Börge Kordts; Tim Schrills; Nicole Jochems

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82633-7_24

An Assistive System for Non-vocal Patients in Intensive Care Units

Jan Patrick Kopetz, Börge Kordts, Tim Schrills, Nicole Jochems

Abstract

Critical care patients in intensive care units often require mechanical ventilation. This intervention usually involves a loss of the patient’s verbal communication for the duration of the ventilation. The weaning process from ventilation, in particular, causes increased stress. This significantly challenges patients and all others involved in the recovery process. Augmentative and Alternative Communication concepts may offer various options to mitigate this limitation. A novel assistive system for communication, information, and control, based on a ball-shaped interaction device, was designed to meet the needs of these weaning patients. To examine the maturity of the prototype before clinical trials, it was evaluated in a laboratory usability study with healthy elderly adults (N = 22) regarding the learnability of the interaction, suitability for communication purposes, and the overall user experience. The results indicated that participants quickly learned the interaction and could successfully use the system as intended. This provides a solid foundation for a comprehensive field study with the weaning patient population.

Translated title of the contribution	Ein Assistenzsystem für stimmlose Patienten auf der Intensivstation
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Editors	Hugo Plácido da Silva, Pietro Cipresso
Number of pages	22
Volume	2370
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date	08.03.2025
Pages	403-424
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-82632-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-82633-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82633-7_24
Publication status	Published - 08.03.2025
Event	8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications: CHIRA 2024 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 21.11.2024 → 22.11.2024 Conference number: 8 https://chira.scitevents.org/Home.aspx?y=2024

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Kopetz, J. P., Kordts, B., Schrills, T., & Jochems, N. (2025). An Assistive System for Non-vocal Patients in Intensive Care Units. In H. Plácido da Silva, & P. Cipresso (Eds.), Communications in Computer and Information Science (Vol. 2370, pp. 403-424). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2370 CCIS). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82633-7_24

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Kopetz, JP, Kordts, B, Schrills, T & Jochems, N 2025, An Assistive System for Non-vocal Patients in Intensive Care Units. in H Plácido da Silva & P Cipresso (eds), Communications in Computer and Information Science. vol. 2370, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 2370 CCIS, Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 403-424, 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, Porto, Portugal, 21.11.24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82633-7_24

An Assistive System for Non-vocal Patients in Intensive Care Units. / Kopetz, Jan Patrick; Kordts, Börge; Schrills, Tim et al.
Communications in Computer and Information Science. ed. / Hugo Plácido da Silva; Pietro Cipresso. Vol. 2370 Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. p. 403-424 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2370 CCIS).

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