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Smart home technology to support older people's quality of life: A longitudinal pilot study
International Journal of Older People Nursing, Vol.18(1), e12489
01/2023
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Abstract
Aim
This pilot study aimed to explore the impact of Smart Home technology to support older people’s quality of life, particularly for those who live alone.
Background
There has been an increased interest in using innovative technologies and artificial intelligence to enable Smart Home technology to support older people to age independently in their own homes.
Methods
This study used a pre-and post-test design. The seven item Personal Wellbeing Index was used to measure participants’ subjective quality of life across seven quality of life domains. Participants (n = 60) aged between 68 and 90 years (M = 80.10, SD = 5.56) completed a 12-week personalised Smart Home technology program.
Results
Approximately half of the participants lived alone (48.3%). Participants’ quality of life significantly increased (p = 0.010) after Smart Home use. Two domains, “achieving in life” (p = 0.026) and “future security” (p = 0.004), were also significantly improved after participating in the Smart Home technology program. Improvements in quality of life did not vary as a function of living arrangement (all ps > .152, all η
> .00).
Conclusion
The current study provides preliminary evidence for the role of Smart Home technology in supporting older people’s quality of life, particularly their sense of achieving in life and future security.
Details
- Title
- Smart home technology to support older people's quality of life: A longitudinal pilot study
- Creators
- Christina Aggar - Southern Cross UniversityGolam Sorwar - Southern Cross UniversityCarolyn Seton - Southern Cross UniversityOlivia Penman - Southern Cross UniversityAnastasia Ward - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Older People Nursing, Vol.18(1), e12489
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Grant note
- Open access publishing facilitated by Southern Cross University, as part of the Wiley - Southern Cross University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
- Identifiers
- 991013033885602368
- Copyright
- This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Older People Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Academic Unit
- Information Technology; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article