@article{ce68072bd2cc4d47bea6165aad9db79a,
title = "A Novel Low-Cost Sensor Prototype for Nocturia Monitoring in Older People",
abstract = "Nocturia is frequently defined as the necessity to get out of bed at least one time during the night to urinate, with each of these episodes being preceded and continued by sleep. Several studies suggest that an increase of nocturia is seen with the onset of age, occurring in around 70% of adults over the age of 70. Its appearance is associated with detrimental quality of life for those who present nocturia, since it leads to daytime sleepiness, cognitive dysfunction, among others. Currently, a voiding diary is necessary for nocturia assessment; these are prone to bias due to their inherent subjectivity. In this paper, we present the design of a low-cost device that automatically detects micturition events. The device obtained 73% in sensibility and 81% in specificity; these results show that systems such as the proposed one can be a valuable tool for the medical team when evaluating nocturia.",
keywords = "Bladder, Conductivity, conductivity, Conductivity measurement, diagnostic test, Indexes, Monitoring, Nocturia, older adults, Sleep, urination, Voltage measurement",
author = "Carla Taramasco and Tomas Rodenas and Felipe Martinez and Paola Fuentes and Roberto Munoz and Rodrigo Olivares and {De Albuquerque}, {Victor Hugo C.} and Jacques Demongeot",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by CORFO - CENS 16CTTS-66390 through the National Center on Health Information Systems, in part by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) through the program STIC-AMSUD 17STIC-03: {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}e-MONITOR {\^a}{\u A}{\c S} Chronic Disease: Ambient Assisted Living and vital teleMONOTORing for e-health,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} FONDEF ID16I10449 {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Sistema inteligente para la gesti{\'o}n y an{\'a}lisis de la dotaci{\'o}n de camas en la red asistencial del sector p{\'u}blico,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} and MEC80170097 {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Red de colaboraci{\'o}n cient{\'i}fica entre universidades nacionales e internacionales para la estructuraci{\'o}n del doctorado y magister en inform{\'a}tica m{\'e}dica en la Universidad de Valpara{\'i}so.{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} The work of V. H. C. de Albuquerque was supported by the Brazilian National Council for Research and Development (CNPq) under Grant #304315/2017-6. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2868607",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "52500--52509",
journal = "IEEE Access",
issn = "2169-3536",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
}