Evaluation of an IoT  framework for a workplace wellbeing application

Nithya G. Nair; Ahmed Saeed; Md Israfil Biswas; Mamun Abu-Tair; Pushpinder Kaur Chouhan; Ian Cleland; Joseph Rafferty; Chris Nugent; Philip Morrow; Mohammad Hossein Zoualfaghari; Zhan Cui

doi:10.1109/SmartWorld-UIC-ATC-SCALCOM-IOP-SCI.2019.00316

Evaluation of an IoT framework for a workplace wellbeing application

Nithya G. Nair, Ahmed Saeed, Md Israfil Biswas, Mamun Abu-Tair, Pushpinder Kaur Chouhan, Ian Cleland, Joseph Rafferty, Chris Nugent, Philip Morrow, Mohammad Hossein Zoualfaghari, Zhan Cui

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Abstract

The sedentary lifestyle, contributed to by long periods of sitting has been observed to have an impact on overall wellbeing. The longest period of sitting by an employee, in an office type setting, is at the desk therefore this is a primary contributor to health issues related to sedentary behaviour. This study presents and evaluates the technical aspects of an Internet of Things framework for monitoring wellbeing in the workplace. The framework is evaluated using 'situation assessment' and 'actuation' modules that suggest intervention strategies in a workplace environment for the improvement of wellbeing. A vital function of this framework is to accurately monitor the time an employee is sedentary. Based on evaluation results, it was observed that there was a maximum difference of 0.27% in activity level measured by the IoT framework when compared with manual monitoring techniques. The evaluation has demonstrated that the IoT framework was able to detect the duration of active and inactive phases of physical activity with a lower rate of error when compared with manual techniques for monitoring physical activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1783-1788
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728140346
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartWorld-UIC-ATC-SCALCOM-IOP-SCI.2019.00316
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 2020
Event	2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019 - Leicester, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019

Conference

Conference	2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Leicester
Period	19/08/19 → 23/08/19

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research is supported by BTIIC (BT Ireland Innovation Centre), funded by BT and Invest Northern Ireland.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Activity monitoring
Actuation
IoT framework
Sedentary
Situation assessment
Wellbeing
Workplace

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Nair, N. G., Saeed, A., Biswas, M. I., Abu-Tair, M., Chouhan, P. K., Cleland, I., Rafferty, J., Nugent, C., Morrow, P., Zoualfaghari, M. H., & Cui, Z. (2020). Evaluation of an IoT framework for a workplace wellbeing application. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019 (pp. 1783-1788). [9060417] (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartWorld-UIC-ATC-SCALCOM-IOP-SCI.2019.00316

Nair, Nithya G. ; Saeed, Ahmed ; Biswas, Md Israfil ; Abu-Tair, Mamun ; Chouhan, Pushpinder Kaur ; Cleland, Ian ; Rafferty, Joseph ; Nugent, Chris ; Morrow, Philip ; Zoualfaghari, Mohammad Hossein ; Cui, Zhan. / Evaluation of an IoT framework for a workplace wellbeing application. Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 1783-1788 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/SCALCOM/IOP/SCI 2019).

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