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ArticleBMJ open2020

Reference architectures for ambient assisted living: a scoping review protocol.

Frederico Bublitz, Naman K Sahota, Arlene Oetomo, Laura Fadrique, Plinio P Morita

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Frederico BublitzDepartment of Computing, State University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1711-5392
Naman K SahotaSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Arlene OetomoSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Laura FadriqueSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Plinio P MoritaSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada plinio.morita@uwaterloo.ca.
University of Waterloo · CAUniversidade Estadual da Paraíba · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFor the first time in human history, the number of older people will be higher than the number of children. The prevalence of chronic diseases, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental disorders in older adults is high. Given that, it is essential to make usage of related technology to provide improved health conditions and reduce the costs for promoting ageing in place, and that is precisely the aim of Ambient Assisted Living technology. Considering that these systems provide significant benefit to a vast number of stakeholders, can be applied to the functional diversity of application domains and have high economic and social impacts, it is essential to create reusable and interoperable platforms and standards that are able to deal with the heterogeneity of applications and domains. In this sense, reference architectures have been proposed and evaluated. A comprehensive scoping review concerning the reference architectures must clarify specific aspects, such as what the main domains are and how the solutions effectively deal with them.

methodsThis scoping review will follow the methodology framework defined in 'Scoping studies: advancing the methodology'. In this methodological framework, six stages are proposed for scoping review studies: identifying the research question; identifying relevant studies; study selection; charting the data; collating, summarising and reporting the results; and consultation. The research questions aim to investigate what are the motivations, stakeholders, benefits, domains, approaches, architectural components and governance aspects of the proposed reference architectures and models. The team will focus on the Scopus Document Search, PubMed (MEDLINE), IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ACM Digital Library and Science Direct electronic research databases. The search query is a combination of terms related to Ambient Assisted Living AND Reference Architecture. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This is a scoping review study and there is no requirement for ethical approval, as primary data will not be collected. The results from this scoping review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and reported at scientific meetings. We intend to share the results with the International Standards and Conformity Assessment - SyC AAL from Canada to use the review as a basis for establishing an assessment model of reference architectures.

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Ambient IntelligenceMental DisordersAgedAged, 80 and overCanadaChildHumansIndependent LivingResearch DesignScoping Reviews as TopicAALambient assisted livingindependent livingold age assistancereference architecturescoping review

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