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Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey
Social isolation (SI) and loneliness are ‘invisible enemies’. They affect older people’s health and quality of life and have significant impact on aged care resources. While in-person screening tools for SI and loneliness exist, staff shortages and psycho-social challenges fed by stereotypes are sig...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560312 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22249944 |
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author | Prabhu, Deepa Kholghi, Mahnoosh Sandhu, Moid Lu, Wei Packer, Katie Higgins, Liesel Silvera-Tawil, David |
author_facet | Prabhu, Deepa Kholghi, Mahnoosh Sandhu, Moid Lu, Wei Packer, Katie Higgins, Liesel Silvera-Tawil, David |
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description | Social isolation (SI) and loneliness are ‘invisible enemies’. They affect older people’s health and quality of life and have significant impact on aged care resources. While in-person screening tools for SI and loneliness exist, staff shortages and psycho-social challenges fed by stereotypes are significant barriers to their implementation in routine care. Autonomous sensor-based approaches can be used to overcome these challenges by enabling unobtrusive and privacy-preserving assessments of SI and loneliness. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of sensor-based tools to assess social isolation and loneliness through a structured critical review of the relevant literature. The aim of this survey is to identify, categorise, and synthesise studies in which sensing technologies have been used to measure activity and behavioural markers of SI and loneliness in older adults. This survey identified a number of feasibility studies using ambient sensors for measuring SI and loneliness activity markers. Time spent out of home and time spent in different parts of the home were found to show strong associations with SI and loneliness scores derived from standard instruments. This survey found a lack of long-term, in-depth studies in this area with older populations. Specifically, research gaps on the use of wearable and smart phone sensors in this population were identified, including the need for co-design that is important for effective adoption and practical implementation of sensor-based SI and loneliness assessment in older adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-97817722022-12-24 Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey Prabhu, Deepa Kholghi, Mahnoosh Sandhu, Moid Lu, Wei Packer, Katie Higgins, Liesel Silvera-Tawil, David Sensors (Basel) Review Social isolation (SI) and loneliness are ‘invisible enemies’. They affect older people’s health and quality of life and have significant impact on aged care resources. While in-person screening tools for SI and loneliness exist, staff shortages and psycho-social challenges fed by stereotypes are significant barriers to their implementation in routine care. Autonomous sensor-based approaches can be used to overcome these challenges by enabling unobtrusive and privacy-preserving assessments of SI and loneliness. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of sensor-based tools to assess social isolation and loneliness through a structured critical review of the relevant literature. The aim of this survey is to identify, categorise, and synthesise studies in which sensing technologies have been used to measure activity and behavioural markers of SI and loneliness in older adults. This survey identified a number of feasibility studies using ambient sensors for measuring SI and loneliness activity markers. Time spent out of home and time spent in different parts of the home were found to show strong associations with SI and loneliness scores derived from standard instruments. This survey found a lack of long-term, in-depth studies in this area with older populations. Specifically, research gaps on the use of wearable and smart phone sensors in this population were identified, including the need for co-design that is important for effective adoption and practical implementation of sensor-based SI and loneliness assessment in older adults. MDPI 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9781772/ /pubmed/36560312 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22249944 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Prabhu, Deepa Kholghi, Mahnoosh Sandhu, Moid Lu, Wei Packer, Katie Higgins, Liesel Silvera-Tawil, David Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title | Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title_full | Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title_fullStr | Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title_short | Sensor-Based Assessment of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Survey |
title_sort | sensor-based assessment of social isolation and loneliness in older adults: a survey |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560312 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22249944 |
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