SynthesisSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Towards Privacy-Preserved Aging in Place: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advancing Remote Monitoring for Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Systematic Review.JMIR aging · 2025Pooled it
- Managing the silent burden: a grounded theory study on urinary incontinence in older women.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Ethics at the Intersection of Intelligent Assistive Technology, Ageing, and the Home Environment: A Scoping Review.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
- An Internet of Things-Based Audio and Radio Connected System Supporting Older Adults With Physical and Cognitive Health Challenges: Qualitative Stakeholder-Informed Design Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- The effects of the generative adversarial network and personalized virtual reality platform in improving frailty among the elderly.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Toward a framework for risk mitigation of potential misuse of artificial intelligence in biomedical research.Nature machine intelligence · 2024Article
- Characteristics and Range of Reviews About Technologies for Aging in Place: Scoping Review of Reviews.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- The Professional Guest: conceptualizing home visits in palliative care settings.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Using Interoperability between Mobile Robot and KNX Technology for Occupancy Monitoring in Smart Home Care.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring Older Adults' Willingness to Install Home Surveil-Lance Systems in Taiwan: Factors and Privacy Concerns.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Robots in Assisted Living Facilities: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- Digital endpoints in clinical trials of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases: challenges and opportunities.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Evidence and User Considerations of Home Health Monitoring for Older Adults: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- Smartphone Use, Technology Affordance for Healthcare and Elders' Life Satisfaction.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Owing to progressive population aging, elderly people (aged 65 and above) face challenges in carrying out activities of daily living, while placement of the elderly in a care facility is expensive and mentally taxing for them. Thus, there is a need to develop their own homes into smart homes using new technologies. However, this raises concerns of privacy and data security for users since it can be handled remotely. Hence, with advancing technologies it is important to overcome this challenge using privacy-preserving and non-intrusive models. For this review, 235 articles were scanned from databases, out of which 31 articles pertaining to in-home technologies that assist the elderly in living independently were shortlisted for inclusion. They described the adoption of various methodologies like different sensor-based mechanisms, wearables, camera-based techniques, robots, and machine learning strategies to provide a safe and comfortable environment to the elderly. Recent innovations have rendered these technologies more unobtrusive and privacy-preserving with increasing use of environmental sensors and less use of cameras and other devices that may compromise the privacy of individuals. There is a need to develop a comprehensive system for smart homes which ensures patient safety, privacy, and data security; in addition, robots should be integrated with the existing sensor-based platforms to assist in carrying out daily activities and therapies as required.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.