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Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach
Although integrated home internet of things (IoT) services can be beneficial, especially for vulnerable older adults, the hurdle of usability hinders implementation of the technology. This study aimed to evaluate the practical usability of home IoT services in older adults, by frailty status, and to...
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author | Baek, Ji Yeon Na, Se Hee Lee, Heayon Jung, Hee-Won Lee, Eunju Jo, Min-Woo Park, Yu Rang Jang, Il-Young |
author_facet | Baek, Ji Yeon Na, Se Hee Lee, Heayon Jung, Hee-Won Lee, Eunju Jo, Min-Woo Park, Yu Rang Jang, Il-Young |
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description | Although integrated home internet of things (IoT) services can be beneficial, especially for vulnerable older adults, the hurdle of usability hinders implementation of the technology. This study aimed to evaluate the practical usability of home IoT services in older adults, by frailty status, and to determine the potential obstacles. From August 2019 to July 2020, we randomly selected 20 vulnerable older adults (prefrailty group [n = 11], and frailty group [n = 9]) who had already been identified as needing home IoT services in a community-based prospective cohort study, the Aging Study of the Pyeongchang Rural Area. Integrated home IoT services were provided for 1 year, and a face-to-face survey evaluating usability and satisfaction of each service was conducted. The usability of the integrated home IoT services declined gradually throughout the study. However, prefrail participants showed higher usability than frail older adults (difference-in-difference = − 19.431, p = 0.012). According to the frailty status, the change in usability for each service type also showed a different pattern. During the 12-month study period, the service with the highest satisfaction converged from various service needs to light control by remote control (77.8%) in the prefrailty group and automatic gas circuit breaker (72.7%) in the frailty group. For wider implementation of home IoT services, organizing services expected to have high usability and satisfaction based on user’s frailty status is crucial. Also, providing education before service implementation might help older adults coping with digital literacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-88170272022-02-09 Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach Baek, Ji Yeon Na, Se Hee Lee, Heayon Jung, Hee-Won Lee, Eunju Jo, Min-Woo Park, Yu Rang Jang, Il-Young Sci Rep Article Although integrated home internet of things (IoT) services can be beneficial, especially for vulnerable older adults, the hurdle of usability hinders implementation of the technology. This study aimed to evaluate the practical usability of home IoT services in older adults, by frailty status, and to determine the potential obstacles. From August 2019 to July 2020, we randomly selected 20 vulnerable older adults (prefrailty group [n = 11], and frailty group [n = 9]) who had already been identified as needing home IoT services in a community-based prospective cohort study, the Aging Study of the Pyeongchang Rural Area. Integrated home IoT services were provided for 1 year, and a face-to-face survey evaluating usability and satisfaction of each service was conducted. The usability of the integrated home IoT services declined gradually throughout the study. However, prefrail participants showed higher usability than frail older adults (difference-in-difference = − 19.431, p = 0.012). According to the frailty status, the change in usability for each service type also showed a different pattern. During the 12-month study period, the service with the highest satisfaction converged from various service needs to light control by remote control (77.8%) in the prefrailty group and automatic gas circuit breaker (72.7%) in the frailty group. For wider implementation of home IoT services, organizing services expected to have high usability and satisfaction based on user’s frailty status is crucial. Also, providing education before service implementation might help older adults coping with digital literacy. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8817027/ /pubmed/35121795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05963-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Baek, Ji Yeon Na, Se Hee Lee, Heayon Jung, Hee-Won Lee, Eunju Jo, Min-Woo Park, Yu Rang Jang, Il-Young Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title | Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title_full | Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title_fullStr | Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title_short | Implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
title_sort | implementation of an integrated home internet of things system for vulnerable older adults using a frailty-centered approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8817027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35121795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05963-9 |
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