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Smart home technologies for health and social care support

2007; Cochrane; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/14651858.cd006412

1469-493X

Suzanne Martin, G Kelly, George Kernohan, Bernadette McCreight, Chris Nugent,

Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine the effects of smart home technology interventions on patients' health status and healthcare resource use (including clinician time and hospital admission). To explore whether sophistication of smart home technologies is related to their effects. To address these objectives the following comparisons are planned: (1) Use of a smart home technology compared to no intervention. (2) Use of a smart home technology compared to a single non‐technology intervention (provision of care staff). (3) Use of a smart home technology compared to a multifaceted non‐technology intervention, for example moving to a purpose built housing scheme with no technology. We will also explore the effects of increasing sophistication of the intervention according to Aldrich's five hierarchical classes (Aldrich 2003). Studies may then be grouped according to Aldrich's classification creating the opportunity to explore the potential of further subgroup analysis and heterogeneity.