Use of Connected Technologies to Assess Barriers and Stressors for Age and Disability-Friendly Communities
| Autor: | Preeti Zanwar, Jinwoo Kim, Jaeyoon Kim, Michael Manser, Youngjib Ham, Theodora Chaspari, Changbum Ryan Ahn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Mini Review Applied psychology 0211 other engineering and technologies Physical activity Psychological intervention alternative transport modes 02 engineering and technology Environmental design computer vision connected technologies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine age-friendly communities Multidisciplinary approach Residence Characteristics Perception 021105 building & construction transport technologies Humans Disabled Persons 030212 general & internal medicine Built Environment Cities media_common Aged Contextualization wearable sensors lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Stressor Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Walkability disability-friendly communities stressors Environment Design Public Health Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021) Frontiers in Public Health |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.578832/full |
| Popis: | Background: The benefits of engaging in outdoor physical activity are numerous for older adults. However, previous work on outdoor monitoring of physical activities did not sufficiently identify how older adults characterize and respond to diverse elements of urban built environments, including structural characteristics, safety attributes, and aesthetics.Objective: To synthesize emerging multidisciplinary trends on the use of connected technologies to assess environmental barriers and stressors among older adults and for persons with disability.Methods: A multidisciplinary overview and literature synthesis.Results: First, we review measurement and monitoring of outdoor physical activity in community environments and during transport using wearable sensing technologies, their contextualization and using smartphone-based applications. We describe physiological responses (e.g., gait patterns, electrodermal activity, brain activity, and heart rate), stressors and physical barriers during outdoor physical activity. Second, we review the use of visual data (e.g., Google street images, Street score) and machine learning algorithms to assess physical (e.g., walkability) and emotional stressors (e.g., stress) in community environments and their impact on human perception. Third, we synthesize the challenges and limitations of using real-time smartphone-based data on driving behavior, incompatibility with software data platforms, and the potential for such data to be confounded by environmental signals in older adults. Lastly, we summarize alternative modes of transport for older adults and for persons with disability.Conclusion: Environmental design for connected technologies, interventions to promote independence and mobility, and to reduce barriers and stressors, likely requires smart connected age and disability-friendly communities and cities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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