Using Smart Devices for Monitoring Elderly Patients in Rural Areas of Calabria after COVID-19 Vaccination: Experiences within the SI4CARE Project
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Novelty and Impact of the Work
- The design and implementation of a telemedicine project in a transnational cooperative and interdisciplinary environment;
- the use of such a project in a real application scenario in a rural area;
- the use of both hard and soft technologies: wearable devices and a platform for data management and analysis.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Wearable Devices
- Adjustable fall detector with alarm output
- Alert for geographical limits (exit from the predefined geographical area)
- Vital Signs Measurement (Heart Rate and SpO2)
- Activity parameters measurement (pedometer)
- Environmental parameters measurement (barometer)
- Bracelet status (worn, removed, etc...)
- SOS button (with embossed Braille symbols) that emits alarms via a two-way voice call and sends SMS with geographical position detected by GPS to preset reference numbers
- Battery status warning
- Medicines reminder
2.2. Parameters
- Vital Signs Measurement (Heart Rate and SpO2);
- Activity parameters measurement (pedometer);
- Environmental parameters measurement (barometer).
- General status;
- Measured Temperature;
- Presence of Headache;
- Sickness Status.
2.3. Data Managing and Analysis
- Cluster Analysis;
- Classification of patients.
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
MoM | Municipality of Miglierina |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
ADRION | Adriatic Ionian |
ICT | Information Communication Technology |
BP | Best Practices |
SQ | Status Quo |
WL | Wish List |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
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Autonomy | 48 H after full charge |
Charging time | 3 h |
Type of charge | Induction |
Unauthorized Call Protection | Only numbers listed as authorized can call |
Waterproof | IP67 category can be used in the shower or bath |
Dimensions | 51 mm × 33 mm × 15 mm |
Weight | 41 g |
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Gallo, A.; Fregola, S.; Menon, M.; Talarico, F.; Fragkiadaki, S.; Kontaxopolou, D.; Vukojevic, K.; Matijaca, D.; Miljkovic, M.; Kožetinac, S.; et al. Using Smart Devices for Monitoring Elderly Patients in Rural Areas of Calabria after COVID-19 Vaccination: Experiences within the SI4CARE Project. COVID 2023, 3, 124-130. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3020007
Gallo A, Fregola S, Menon M, Talarico F, Fragkiadaki S, Kontaxopolou D, Vukojevic K, Matijaca D, Miljkovic M, Kožetinac S, et al. Using Smart Devices for Monitoring Elderly Patients in Rural Areas of Calabria after COVID-19 Vaccination: Experiences within the SI4CARE Project. COVID. 2023; 3(2):124-130. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3020007
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallo, Alessandro, Salvatore Fregola, Margherita Menon, Filomena Talarico, Stella Fragkiadaki, Dionysia Kontaxopolou, Katarina Vukojevic, Danira Matijaca, Miodrag Miljkovic, Srdjan Kožetinac, and et al. 2023. "Using Smart Devices for Monitoring Elderly Patients in Rural Areas of Calabria after COVID-19 Vaccination: Experiences within the SI4CARE Project" COVID 3, no. 2: 124-130. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3020007
APA StyleGallo, A., Fregola, S., Menon, M., Talarico, F., Fragkiadaki, S., Kontaxopolou, D., Vukojevic, K., Matijaca, D., Miljkovic, M., Kožetinac, S., Merola, A., Dimovski, V., Kejar, A., Radevic, I., Stevovic, D., Martinovic, V., Matesan, K., Matkovic, R., Piccoli, G., ... the SI4CARE Partners Members. (2023). Using Smart Devices for Monitoring Elderly Patients in Rural Areas of Calabria after COVID-19 Vaccination: Experiences within the SI4CARE Project. COVID, 3(2), 124-130. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3020007