Perceptions of seniors with heart failure regarding autonomous zero-effort monitoring of physiological parameters in the smart-home environment

Deep learning-based ambient assisted living for self-management of cardiovascular conditions

“…Health-related data are extremely sensitive in nature, needing highly credible systems to maintain its privacy, security, confidentiality and integrity because it can be exploited if it ends up with a stranger or a person with malicious intent [61]. As future interventions will use combinatorial innovations, maintaining the integrity, privacy multi-use concerns and security of health-related data being transmitted over multiple portals will be central to its success [53,66,70,89]. Medical and health database breaches have been frequently reported, and medical data are a known target for fraudulent and illicit activities by cybercriminals and hackers [88].…”

“…As the monitoring would become intense, it could lead to a coercive environment by stricter control enforced by employers or insurance companies to maintain fitness, where non-compliance could lead to consequences such as not being considered fit to work, reduced salaries or paying higher premiums to insurance companies [88]. Making monitoring technologies universally available and affordable in the commercial markets is yet another challenge, so they are not only available to those who are financially resilient, but available for all those who need it [66].…”

“…Another important barrier is to shift the focus from using this technology for only data collecting purposes to a self-engaging and patient motivating system leading to user interaction acceptance and engagement. In some instances, the negative impacts of constant monitoring are known to cause stress as slight changes such as weight or BP fluctuations, which could trigger anxiety [66]. Calibration standardization practices of wearable activity trackers with clear cut methods to define intensity categories, monitoring periods and universally accepted definitions need to be developed, to bring them under the umbrella of universally accepted and adopted system [51,53].…”

“…The growing integration of robotics can help monitor and alert persons with chronic conditions to facilitate effective disease management. In [66], the authors identified the perceptions of seniors when using smart homes. It was seen that even though they at times found discomfort and difficulty in using technology, their perceived benefit to achieve better health outweighed the challenges associates.…”

From AAL to ambient assisted rehabilitation: a research pilot protocol based on smart objects and biofeedback

“…AAL and IoT healthcare related researches as well seems to be more focused on the assessment of the health conditions of the people under monitoring, their behavior (Eisa and Moreira 2017), the adherence to medical treatments (Roy et al 2017), patients' empowerment toward a more conscious healthy lifestyle (Grace et al 2017), or improving their self-sufficiency (Poncela et al 2019). Moreover, most of the studies reported in literature are targeted to the adult and elderly population (Azimi et al 2017), while very few studies foster the effects of smart environments or smart objects on children.…”