Novel technology to help understand the context of physical activity and sedentary behaviour

Abstract

• This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published home residents accumulate their sedentary time. This study found that residents were highly sedentary (sitting for an average of 720 minutes per day) and spent the majority of their time in their own rooms with more time spent in communal areas in the morning than in the afternoon. Lastly, study three discusses the use of proximity sensors to quantify exposure to a height adjustable desk. These studies are example applications of this technology, with many other technologies available and applications possible. The adoption of these technologies will provide researchers with a more complete understanding of the behaviour than has previously been available.

Innovation to enhance health in care homes and evaluation of tools for measuring outcomes of care: rapid evidence synthesis

“…They comprised 14 reviews or reports relating to technology and care homes, 21,22,[27][28][29]35,83,96,99,170,208,234,254,267 three case studies, 80,134,246 three qualitative studies, 115,124,194 two observational studies, 16,139 one pilot RCT, 277 one protocol, 45 12 descriptive studies 58,59,71,109,113,123,188,195,207,223,242,284 and two opinion pieces. 34,53 Telehealth and surveillance technologies were both the subject of six articles, 16,71,113,115,195,234 and single articles were identified on gaming, 125 robots, 80 digital records 134 and communication technologies. 246 The remaining 21 studies comprised a mix of topics, including general overviews of technology in l...…”

“…The list of potential applications of technology in this setting is long, and includes remote monitoring, communication between care homes and external agencies and families, medicines optimisation, assistive technologies and the promotion of physical and social activity. 13 Recent developments have focused in particular on the introduction of platforms that link electronic health and care data records, 14,15 tools for remote consultation and diagnosis, sensor-based technologies that monitor movement and physical activity 16,17 and social robots that act as companions or serve to support ADL. 18 Research in this field has accumulated rapidly over the last 10 years, but a clear message on the most acceptable, effective and cost-effective choices for care home residents, providers and commissioners has yet to emerge.…”

Usefulness of Wearable Cameras as a Tool to Enhance Chronic Disease Self-Management: Scoping Review (Preprint)

“…The final two studies were discussion papers examining the utility of using wearable cameras for assessing lifestyle behaviours (eg. sedentary and nutrition behaviours, television viewing), their challenges and ethical related issues [41,42].…”

Assessing sedentary behavior using wearable devices: An overview and future directions

“…The physiological parameters include heart rate 38) , skin temperature 39) , and galvanic response 39) . The environmental information could be barometric pressure 40) , geographical information system 41) , and wearable camera 42) . Another challenge in this field is the comparability of sedentary outputs from different wearable devices 33) .…”