Use of Amulet in behavioral change for geriatric obesity management

Abstract

Background Obesity in older adults is a significant public health concern. Weight-loss interventions are known to improve physical function but risk the development of sarcopenia. Mobile health devices have the potential to augment existing interventions and, if designed accordingly, could improve one’s physical activity and strength in routine physical activity interventions. Methods and results We present Amulet, a mobile health device that has the capability of engaging patients in physical activity. The purpose of this article is to discuss the development of applications that are tailored to older adults with obesity, with the intention to engage and improve their health. Conclusions Using a team-science approach, Amulet has the potential, as an open-source mobile health device, to tailor activity interventions to older adults.

Wearable technology for hazardous remote environments: Smart shirt and Rugged IoT network for forestry worker health

“…Commercial products are starting to move beyond watches into jewellerylike monitors, such as the Ōura ring, 6 the BellaBeat Leaf, 7 and the Kerv Ring. 8 A number of specialised devices have been explored for healthcare use, such as glasses for mental health monitoring (Vidal et al, 2012), wrist-worn devices to engage patients in physical activity (Batsis et al, 2019), a bracelet as visualisation for multiple applications (Fortmann et al, 2016), up to 'soft' IoT devices that aim to blend with the "wearer's personality" (Møller & Kettley, 2017). The typical options that are explored are accessories (such as head-mounted or wrist-worn devices), sensor patches, or eTextiles (Seneviratne et al, 2017).…”

Study on the Types of Elderly Intelligent Health Management Technology and the Influencing Factors of Its Adoption

“…Self-monitoring is a technology used to provide the elderly with the measurements and early warnings of various physical health indicators, and enable elderly to be at home safely. The authors-Reeder, McManus, Quinn, Willard, Hermanns, et al showed that self-monitoring can be realized in the form of medication-dispensing devices, embedded sensors, self-management applications, wearable systems, online community care platforms, and physical activity trackers [8,9,11,[15][16][17]. In their study, Reeder et al found that home-based devices for medication management and health monitoring can automatically distribute pre-installed drugs and send an alarm to individuals about the medication time.…”

“…The study of Batsis, Zaslavsky, and Zhang et al confirmed that smart wearable devices, as cutting-edge technology, play an essential role in self-monitoring technology used in monitoring individual indicators. Specifically, these devices can record data to classify an individual's activity level [17], record sleep data [18], and monitor blood pressure using a wearable blood pressure monitor [19], and ultimately improve the health level of the user.…”

“…Users are interested in core functions such as speed of running, reminders, notifications, encouragement, follow-up, goal setting, and online video presentation, and in the way they are provided [31,34,[64][65][66] Quality of information Information quality has a significant impact on older people's acceptance of intelligent health management technologies [22,67] Personalization Personalization is a key characteristic that enhances the attractiveness and acceptability of IHMT [35,41,[68][69][70][71] Interactivity Interactive games and healthcare worker or peer interactions can increase interest in older adults [5,17,26,27,45,58,62,[70][71][72] Perceived ease of use User interface design Devices with simple operation, large font, and touch screen interface are more popular [23,26,42,46,48,68,73,74] Efficiency Voice input design can improve time efficiency [75] Security…”