Digital Health: Analyzing wearable device in elderly care
igunnuoda, Olorunleke (2023)
igunnuoda, Olorunleke
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023051510671
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023051510671
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The aging population is increasing, and so is the need for healthcare services for the elderly. The use of wearable devices is not familiar to many especially the aging population. Wearable devices allows the elder-ly to benefit from a variety of health monitoring and safety features for the elderly, allowing them to live more independently. This thesis seeks to determine what wearable devices are available to the elderly pop-ulation, and whether these wearables are useful for people in this elderly population.
The research methodology employed for this thesis was the narrative literature review. The following elec-tronic databases was used for relevant literature: PubMed, EBSCOhost / Cinahl Complete, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar and the data result was analysed using Thematic analysis. The literature examines twenty-five (n-25) articles for this study. This study will consider “the elderly” as adults over the age of 65, living in a service house or at home.
The results showed that most elderly are willing to adopt wearables devices as a tool for promoting personal health and the wearable device available for elderly are personal emergency response system, medication reminder device, hearing aids wearables and GPS tracking devices.
Wearable devices have the possibility to transforming healthcare for the elderly. They can provide a range of health monitoring and safety features, allowing elderly users to live more independently. However, future work should research the usability of wearables in developing countries must be addressed to ensure the widespread adoption of these devices.
The research methodology employed for this thesis was the narrative literature review. The following elec-tronic databases was used for relevant literature: PubMed, EBSCOhost / Cinahl Complete, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar and the data result was analysed using Thematic analysis. The literature examines twenty-five (n-25) articles for this study. This study will consider “the elderly” as adults over the age of 65, living in a service house or at home.
The results showed that most elderly are willing to adopt wearables devices as a tool for promoting personal health and the wearable device available for elderly are personal emergency response system, medication reminder device, hearing aids wearables and GPS tracking devices.
Wearable devices have the possibility to transforming healthcare for the elderly. They can provide a range of health monitoring and safety features, allowing elderly users to live more independently. However, future work should research the usability of wearables in developing countries must be addressed to ensure the widespread adoption of these devices.