Alejandrino, Coleen Marice R.; Bonsol, Denise Emmanuelle; Carillo, Rachelle Ann P.; De Torres, Angelica Ivy R.; Lagoc, Mariel K.; Natuel, David C.
Q-Care: An IoT-based health monitoring kiosk for the residents in Barangay 844 of the City of Manila
- Undergraduate Thesis: (Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering) - Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2023
ABSTRACT: STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: The study aims to design and develop and IoT-based health monitoring kiosk for the residents in Barangay 844 of the City of Manila. Specifically, the study intends to accomplish the following objectives. 1. Develop an IoT-based system that measures and monitors vital signs. 2. Construct a station or booth that is integrated with the vital signs monitoring system. 3. Develop a health tracking website that collects and stores the health data to be accessed by the individual. 4. Develop a registration system that can be accessible both on smartphone and desktop. 5. Test the accuracy and timeliness of the system. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: The research methodology involved literature review and procedures including tests for accuracy, website development, and designing the hardware and software subdivision of the system. These procedures aided in constructing the output of the study as well as yielding results that helped the achieved the goal of the study. The system was deployed at Barangay 844 of the City of Manila and had its residents as the users of the study. The researchers also included asking medical practitioners about vital signs and health monitoring technologies to support the study. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: The study involved designing and developing a health monitoring kiosk which allowed users to measure and monitor their vital signs. It also involved conducting series of trials to compare the results obtained from Q-Care’s health monitoring sensors with those obtained commercially available devices to verify the accuracy of the former’s sensors. The sensors used in the system (MLX90614 and MAX30102) yielded results that are within an acceptable percentage error and extremely close to the commercially available devices. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the study successfully designed and developed a health monitoring kiosk that measures and monitors its users’ vital signs as well as keeping their records after getting their profile through registration. The data obtained from the tests suggest that the sensors incorporated into the system were reliable enough to be used as alternative. By integrating the concept of IoT, the developed vital signs automation system enabled the users to track and access their personal health record which can provide a very helpful information that will help the medical practitioners assess their patients current health status. RECOMMENDATION: Due to financial and time limitations of the study, the researchers recommend future researchers who would want to pursue the same topic to integrate a blood pressure sensor and other vital signs; to improve the design of the kiosk to manage wires and reduce the amount of space required by the system; to include a notice on the dashboard advising users to wait until the time allotted for taking the vital signs has ended; and to also include email notification to the user’s accounts for w=ease of access to their data. In the future, they also might consider incorporating data science into analyzing patterns in the user’s health record. Lastly, the deployment of the system could be in a health center and also have medical professionals validate the system.