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Proceeding Paper

Design and Feasibility Evaluation of Self-Reporting Application for Indoor Air Quality and Health Measures †

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Kaitoväylä 1, FI-90571 Oulu, Finland
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Vuorimiehentie 3, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland
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Presented at the 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient ‪Intelligence UCAmI 2019, Toledo, Spain, 2–5 December 2019.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Proceedings 2019, 31(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019031047
Published: 20 November 2019

Abstract

Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays an important role in human health as people spend the majority of their time indoors. A self-reporting application was developed to collect long-term perceived IAQ data and symptoms caused by poor IAQ immediately at the onset of symptoms. The feasibility of the application was tested in a real-world environment by four teachers in two school buildings for 18 weeks. The participants received two questionnaire notifications per day to answer IAQ, symptoms, productivity, stress, sleep, and pupil concentration/restlessness related questions. They were also able to report those issues any other time. During the pilot, the participants answered 569 questionnaires in the application. They found the application to be usable and useful, however, the frequency of questionnaire notifications became heavy, because the perceived IAQ did not change much. The feasibility study showed the potential of the self-reporting application to capture perceived IAQ and symptoms, promptly enabling fast reaction to possible problems in IAQ.
Keywords: perceived air quality; indoor air quality; mobile application; user experience perceived air quality; indoor air quality; mobile application; user experience

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Similä, H.; Muuraiskangas, S.; Ronkainen, J.; Vehmas, K.; Kallio, J. Design and Feasibility Evaluation of Self-Reporting Application for Indoor Air Quality and Health Measures. Proceedings 2019, 31, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019031047

AMA Style

Similä H, Muuraiskangas S, Ronkainen J, Vehmas K, Kallio J. Design and Feasibility Evaluation of Self-Reporting Application for Indoor Air Quality and Health Measures. Proceedings. 2019; 31(1):47. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019031047

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Similä, Heidi, Salla Muuraiskangas, Jussi Ronkainen, Kaisa Vehmas, and Johanna Kallio. 2019. "Design and Feasibility Evaluation of Self-Reporting Application for Indoor Air Quality and Health Measures" Proceedings 31, no. 1: 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019031047

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