High-Tech or Low-Tech? Comparing Self-Monitoring Systems to Increase Task Independence for Students With Autism

The purpose of this article is to present a step-by-step process for using self-monitoring to support college students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to achieve a variety of goals. Self-monitoring can be used with no technology (e.g., pencil and paper, tangible object placement) or technology-based applications (e.g., interval timers, mobile applications) in non-obtrusive and socially valid ways. College instructors, inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) program staff, disability office support staff, and other service providers may use this article to guide in the design and implementation of a self-monitoring intervention for college students with ASD. As increasing numbers of transition-age youth with ASD are pursuing higher education, it is important to identify and disseminate a variety of interventions to enhance their college experiences, and self-monitoring is a viable intervention to consider.

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Brief Report: Using iPads for Self-Monitoring of Students with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ◽

10.1007/s10803-017-3055-y ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 1559-1567 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Joy F. Xin ◽

Mary E. Sheppard ◽

Michelle Brown

Keyword(s):

Self Monitoring ◽

Students With Autism

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False Elevation of Blood Glucose Levels Measured by GDH-PQQ-BASED Glucometers Occurs during all Daily Dwells in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Using Icodextrin

Peritoneal Dialysis International ◽

10.3747/pdi.2008.00285 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 329-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Chiu-Yeh Tsai ◽

Su-Chu Lee ◽

Chi-Chih Hung ◽

Jia-Jung Lee ◽

Mei-Chuan Kuo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Blood Glucose ◽

Glucose Dehydrogenase ◽

Serum Glucose ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Glucose Levels ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Blood Glucose Levels

♦ ObjectiveFalse elevation of blood glucose levels measured by glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinone (GDH-PQQ)-based glucose self-monitoring systems; glucometer) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients using icodextrin solution has been well documented. However, adverse hypoglycemic events caused by misreadings for blood glucose are still being reported. We aimed to study blood glucose levels measured simultaneously using different methods in PD patients with switching of icodextrin, and throughout daily exchanges either using icodextrin or not.♦ DesignWe recruited 100 PD patients, including 40 using icodextrin; 128 hemodialysis patients served as a reference. Fasting serum glucose was measured using our laboratory reference method (LAB) and 2 glucose self-monitoring systems based on glucose dehydrogenase nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (GDH-NAD) and GDH-PQQ respectively. 80 PD patients had a second follow-up study. A time course study was performed in 16 PD patients through measuring fingertip glucose using the 2 glucose self-monitoring systems during daily exchanges.♦ ResultThe differences in measured serum glucose levels in (PQQ minus LAB) versus (NAD minus LAB) were markedly increased in PD patients using icodextrin compared to other patient groups, and was further confirmed by the follow-up study in patients that switched to icodextrin. The high serum glucose levels measured by the GDH-PQQ-based glucose self-monitoring system were present throughout all exchanges during the day in patients using icodextrin solution.♦ ConclusionsFalse elevation of blood glucose measured by GDH-PQQ-based glucose self-monitoring systems exists in patients using icodextrin. To avoid misinterpretation of hyperglycemia and subsequent over-injection of insulin, GDH-PQQ-based glucose self-monitoring systems should not be used in PD patients.

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Culturally Focused Classroom Staff Training to Increase Praise for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Ghana

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions ◽

10.1177/1098300720929351 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109830072092935

Author(s):

Ashley Elizabeth Knochel ◽

Kwang-Sun Cho Blair ◽

Rachel Sofarelli

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Performance Feedback ◽

Staff Training ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Task Behavior ◽

Culturally Adapted ◽

Students With Autism ◽

On Task Behavior ◽

And Performance

This study examined the impact of culturally focused classroom staff training on delivery of praise and its collateral effects on student on-task behavior. Training involved self-monitoring and performance feedback to promote staff delivery of culturally adapted praise to students. Four classroom staff and four students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Ghana participated in the study. The outcomes of the study were evaluated using a concurrent multiple baseline across participants (dyads) design with an ABC sequence. Results indicated that staff training using self-monitoring and performance feedback procedures successfully increased staff delivery of behavior-specific praise, but the procedures did not produce desired student outcomes. Culturally relevant adaptations to the topography of praise and implementation support were necessary to improve on-task behavior. This experiment provides an impetus for further examination of how common behavior-analytic training procedures can be culturally adapted for children with ASD in non-Western contexts.

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Comparison of Lancing Devices for Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose regarding Lancing Pain

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology ◽

10.1177/193229680900300517 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 1136-1143 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Serge Kocher ◽

J. K. Tshiang Tshiananga ◽

Richard Koubek

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Rating Scale ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Numerical Rating Scale ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Test Results ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Numerical Rating ◽

Improve Patient ◽

Diabetes Patients

Background: Self-monitoring of blood glucose empowers diabetes patients to effectively control their blood glucose (BG) levels. A potential barrier to frequent BG controls is lancing pain, intrinsically linked to pricking the finger several times a day. In this study, we compared different state-of-the-art lancing devices from leading manufacturers regarding lancing pain, and we intended to identify lancing devices that are less painful. Methods: First, 165 subjects compared 6 different BG monitoring systems—consisting of a lancing device and a BG meter—at home for 36 days and at least 3 BG tests per day. Second, the subjects directly compared 6 different lancing devices—independent from a BG meter—in a laboratory setting. The test results were collected in questionnaires, and lancing pain was rated on a numerical rating scale. Results: One hundred fifty-seven subjects were included in the analysis. Accu-Chek BG monitoring systems were significantly ( p ≤ .006) preferred to competitor BG monitoring systems and were rated by >50% of the subjects as “less painful” than competitor BG monitoring systems. Accu-Chek lancing devices were significantly ( p < .001) preferred to competitor lancing devices and were rated by >60% of the subjects as “less painful” than competitor lancing devices. Conclusions: We found significant differences in lancing pain between lancing devices. Diabetes patients clearly preferred lancing devices that cause less lancing pain. In order to improve patient compliance with respect to an adequate glycemic control, the medical staff should preferentially prescribe lancing devices that cause less lancing pain.

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Comparing effects of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMs) and self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) amongst adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews ◽

10.1186/s13643-020-01386-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mingyue Zheng ◽

Yunting Luo ◽

Wei Lin ◽

Adeel Khoja ◽

Qian He ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Glucose Monitoring ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Systematic Review Protocol ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Review Protocol

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Application of non-positional representation of information in environmental monitoring systems

Monitoring systems of environment ◽

10.33075/2220-5861-2021-3-89-97 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 89-97

Author(s):

D.V. Moiseev ◽

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N.E. Sapozhnikov ◽

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Technical Information ◽

High Tech ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Computational Algorithms ◽

Probabilistic Representation ◽

Information Transformation ◽

Hardware Costs ◽

Speed Accuracy ◽

Element Base

Developing forward-looking and advanced information systems requires the creation of a unified architecture, with unified hardware and software based on comprehensive integration of components of natural and technical information systems not only at the technical, but also at the functional level, The implementation of the above structure leads to a multiple increase in the volume of calculations on large-bit data arrays carried out in real time, as well as to the complexity of computational algorithms. It results in sharp contradictions between hardware costs, speed, accuracy and fault tolerance. The work is concerned with the formation of a methodology for the probabilistic representation and information transformation and the development on its basis of techniques, methods and algorithms for the synthesis of computing devices and components for advanced and existing information systems built on the domestic element base, which becomes an effective and high-tech means of overcoming these contradictions.

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Need for Cognition Among Users of Self-Monitoring Systems for Physical Activity: Implications for System Design and Tailoring (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.23968 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kirsi Halttu ◽

Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Need For Cognition ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Moderator Variable ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Perceived Credibility ◽

Reported Study ◽

Rich Data ◽

The Relationship

BACKGROUND Need for cognition (NFC) is among the most studied personality traits in psychology. Despite its apparent relevance for engaging with technology and use of information, it has not been studied in the context of self-monitoring systems and wearables for health. The reported study is the first to explore the relationship between this trait and commercial self-monitoring systems among existing users. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the effect of NFC levels on selection of self-monitoring systems and evaluation of system features self-monitoring and feedback as well as perceived credibility and perceived persuasiveness. We also assessed perceived behavior change in the form of self-reported activity after adopting the system. METHODS Survey data was collected in (blinded) in October 2019 among university students that had used a digital system to monitor their physical activity at least for two months. A Web-based questionnaire had three 3 parts: details of system use, partially randomly ordered theoretical measurement items, and user demographics. The data was analyzed with structural equation modelling. The effect of NFC was assessed both as three groups (low, moderate, high) and as continuous moderator variable. RESULTS There were significantly higher scores among high NFC individuals for all tested system features. NFC also had some effect on system selection. Perceived credibility is crucial for these systems, but relationships with credibility differ for low and high NFC individuals. For those with low NFC, it increases the persuasiveness of the system, but this effect is absent from high NFC individuals. For high NFC users, credibility is strongly related to self-monitoring activity and is perhaps continuously evaluated during prolonged use. The relationship between perceived persuasiveness and self-reported activity after adopting the system was very strong only for high NFC individuals. CONCLUSIONS Individuals’ system choices seem to reflect their intrinsic motivations to engage with rich data, and commercial systems might themselves be a tailoring strategy. Important characteristics of the system like perceived credibility have different role depending on NFC levels. Our data demonstrate that NFC as a trait differentiating information processing has several implications for selection, design and tailoring of self-monitoring systems.

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