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Usability of Smartbands by the Elderly Population in the Context of Ambient Assisted Living Applications

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datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdades
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Luís
dc.contributor.authorFuentes, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, José
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorReis, Arsénio
dc.contributor.authorRabadão, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorBarroso, João
dc.contributor.authorPereira, António
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-23T11:53:12Z
dc.date.available2026-02-23T11:53:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-06
dc.description.abstractNowadays, the Portuguese population is aging at a fast pace. The situation is more severe in the interior regions of the country, where the rural areas have few people and have been constantly losing population; these are mostly elderly who, in some cases, live socially isolated. They are also often deprived of some types of social, health and technological services. One of the current challenges with respect to the elderly is that of improving the quality of life for those who still have some autonomy and live in their own residences so that they may continue living autonomously, while receiving the assistance of some exterior monitoring and supporting services. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm demonstrates great potential for creating technological solutions in this area as it aims to seamlessly integrate information technology with the daily lives of people. In this context, it is necessary to develop services that monitor the activity and health of the elderly in real time and alert caregivers or other family members in the case of an unusual event or behaviour. It is crucial that the technological system is able to collect data in a nonintrusive manner and without requiring much interaction with the elderly. Smartband devices are very good candidates for this purpose and, therefore, this work proposes assessing the level of acceptance of the usage of a smartbands by senior users in their daily activities. By using the definition of an architecture and the development of a prototype, it was possible to test the level of acceptance of smartbands by a sample of the elderly population—with surprising results from both the elderly and the caregivers—which constitutes an important contribution to the research field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The evaluation showed that most users did not feel that the smartband was intrusive to their daily tasks and even considered using it in the future, while caregivers considered that the platform was very intuitive.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding This work is financed by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within project UIDB/04524/2020 and was partially supported by Portuguese National funds through FITEC-Programa Interface with reference CIT “INOV-INESC Inovação-Financiamento Base” and by Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia-FCT, I.P., under the project UIDB/50014/2020. Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge the Computer Science and Communication Research Center for the facilities granted in the implementation of part of this work in the context of the Smart IoT Ecosystems research line and the Mobile Computing Laboratory of the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic of Leiria.
dc.identifier.citationCorreia, L.; Fuentes, D.; Ribeiro, J.; Costa, N.; Reis, A.; Rabadão, C.; Barroso, J.; Pereira, A. Usability of Smartbands by the Elderly Population in the Context of Ambient Assisted Living Applications. Electronics 2021, 10, 1617. https://doi.org/10.3390/ electronics10141617.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/electronics10141617
dc.identifier.eissn2079-9292
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.publisherMDPI
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dc.subjectaccessibility and usability
dc.subjectsmartbands
dc.subjectInternet of Things
dc.subjectmonitoring the elderly
dc.subjecthealth and physical activity
dc.subjectambient assisted living
dc.titleUsability of Smartbands by the Elderly Population in the Context of Ambient Assisted Living Applicationseng
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Nowadays, the Portuguese population is aging at a fast pace. The situation is more severe in the interior regions of the country, where the rural areas have few people and have been constantly losing population; these are mostly elderly who, in some cases, live socially isolated. They are also often deprived of some types of social, health and technological services. One of the current challenges with respect to the elderly is that of improving the quality of life for those who still have some autonomy and live in their own residences so that they may continue living autonomously, while receiving the assistance of some exterior monitoring and supporting services. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm demonstrates great potential for creating technological solutions in this area as it aims to seamlessly integrate information technology with the daily lives of people. In this context, it is necessary to develop services that monitor the activity and health of the elderly in real time and alert caregivers or other family members in the case of an unusual event or behaviour. It is crucial that the technological system is able to collect data in a nonintrusive manner and without requiring much interaction with the elderly. Smartband devices are very good candidates for this purpose and, therefore, this work proposes assessing the level of acceptance of the usage of a smartbands by senior users in their daily activities. By using the definition of an architecture and the development of a prototype, it was possible to test the level of acceptance of smartbands by a sample of the elderly population—with surprising results from both the elderly and the caregivers—which constitutes an important contribution to the research field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The evaluation showed that most users did not feel that the smartband was intrusive to their daily tasks and even considered using it in the future, while caregivers considered that the platform was very intuitive.
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