Can Smart Home Technologies Help Older Adults Manage Their Chronic Condition? A Systematic Literature Review

Albanesi, B (通讯作者),Univ Turin, Dept Publ Hlth & Pediat, Via Santena 5 Bis, I-10126 Turin, Italy.
2023-1
The management of chronic diseases requires personalized healthcare that allows older adults to manage their diseases at home. This systematic review aimed to describe the smart home technologies used in the management of chronic diseases in older people. A systematic literature review was conducted on four databases and was reported following the PRISMA statement. Nineteen articles were included. The intervention technologies were classified into three groups: smart home, characterized by environmental sensors detecting motion, contact, light, temperature, and humidity; external memory aids, characterized by a partnership between mobile apps and smart home-based activity learning; and hybrid technology, with the integration of multiple technologies, such as devices installed at patients' homes and telemedicine. The health outcomes evaluated are vital signs, medication management, ADL-IADL, mobility, falls, and quality of life. Smart homes show great potential in the management of chronic diseases by favouring the control of exacerbations and increasing patients' safety by providing support in disease management, including support for cognitively impaired older people. The use of smart homes in the community could bring numerous benefits in terms of continuity of care, allowing the constant monitoring of older people by local and hospital health services.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:2
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University Campus Bio-Medico - Rome Italy; University Campus Bio-Medico - Rome Italy; University of Turin; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
4
2013以来使用计数
4
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20021205
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
older people smart home home automation domotic gerontechnology ambient assisted living ambient intelligence
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health