TY - JOUR
T1 - Smart home technologies for health and social care support
AU - Martin, Suzanne
AU - Kelly, Greg
AU - Kernohan, George
AU - McCreight, Bernadette
AU - Nugent, Chris
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Background The integration of smart home technology to support health and social care is acquiring an increasing global significance. Provision is framed within the context of a rapidly changing population profile, which is impacting on the number of people requiring health and social care, workforce availability and the funding of healthcare systems. Objectives To explore the effectiveness of smart home technologies as an intervention for people with physical disability, cognitive impairment or learning disability, who are living at home, and to consider the impact on the individual's health status and on the financial resources of health care. Search strategy We searched the following databases for primary studies: ( a) the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care ( EPOC) Group Register, (b) the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), (The Cochrane Library, issue 1, 2007), and (c) bibliographic databases, including MEDLINE (1966 to March 2007), EMBASE ( 1980 toMarch 2007) and CINAHL ( 1982 toMarch 2007). We also searched the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness ( DARE). We searched the electronic databases using a strategy developed by the EPOC Trials Search Co-ordinator. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental studies, controlled before and after studies (CBAs) and interrupted time series analyses ( ITS). Participants included adults over the age of 18, living in their home in a community setting. Participants with a physical disability, dementia or a learning disability were included. The included interventions were social alarms, electronic assistive devices, telecare social alert platforms, environmental control systems, automated home environments and `ubiquitous homes'. Outcome measures included any objective measure that records an impact on a participant's quality of life, healthcare professional workload, economic outcomes, costs to healthcare provider or costs to participant. We included measures of service satisfaction, device satisfaction and healthcare professional attitudes or satisfaction. Data collection and analysis One review author completed the search strategy with the support of a life and health sciences librarian. Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts of results. Main results No studies were identified which met the inclusion criteria. Authors' conclusions This review highlights the current lack of empirical evidence to support or refute the use of smart home technologies within health and social care, which is significant for practitioners and healthcare consumers.
AB - Background The integration of smart home technology to support health and social care is acquiring an increasing global significance. Provision is framed within the context of a rapidly changing population profile, which is impacting on the number of people requiring health and social care, workforce availability and the funding of healthcare systems. Objectives To explore the effectiveness of smart home technologies as an intervention for people with physical disability, cognitive impairment or learning disability, who are living at home, and to consider the impact on the individual's health status and on the financial resources of health care. Search strategy We searched the following databases for primary studies: ( a) the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care ( EPOC) Group Register, (b) the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), (The Cochrane Library, issue 1, 2007), and (c) bibliographic databases, including MEDLINE (1966 to March 2007), EMBASE ( 1980 toMarch 2007) and CINAHL ( 1982 toMarch 2007). We also searched the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness ( DARE). We searched the electronic databases using a strategy developed by the EPOC Trials Search Co-ordinator. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental studies, controlled before and after studies (CBAs) and interrupted time series analyses ( ITS). Participants included adults over the age of 18, living in their home in a community setting. Participants with a physical disability, dementia or a learning disability were included. The included interventions were social alarms, electronic assistive devices, telecare social alert platforms, environmental control systems, automated home environments and `ubiquitous homes'. Outcome measures included any objective measure that records an impact on a participant's quality of life, healthcare professional workload, economic outcomes, costs to healthcare provider or costs to participant. We included measures of service satisfaction, device satisfaction and healthcare professional attitudes or satisfaction. Data collection and analysis One review author completed the search strategy with the support of a life and health sciences librarian. Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts of results. Main results No studies were identified which met the inclusion criteria. Authors' conclusions This review highlights the current lack of empirical evidence to support or refute the use of smart home technologies within health and social care, which is significant for practitioners and healthcare consumers.
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD006412.pub2
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD006412.pub2
M3 - Article
VL - 0
SP - CD006412
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
SN - 1469-493X
IS - 4
ER -