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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

High-Accuracy Indoor Positioning and Smart Home Technologies for Assessing and Monitoring Frailty in Older Adults.

Antonio Miguel Cruz, Mathieu Figeys, Yusuf Ahmed, Farnaz Koubasi, Munirah Alsubaie, Salamah Alshammari, Arsh Narkhede, Geoffrey Gregson, Andrew Chan, Lili Liu and 1 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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11 authors.

Antonio Miguel CruzDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1618-8733
Mathieu FigeysDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7101-689X
Yusuf AhmedDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1023-0307
Farnaz KoubasiDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-3285-4446
Munirah AlsubaieDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-3099-5749
Salamah AlshammariDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-6442-8705
Arsh NarkhedeResearch and Innovation, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada.ORCID 0009-0003-9624-9504
Geoffrey GregsonResearch and Innovation, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0481-2036
Andrew ChanResearch and Innovation, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2487-4357
Lili LiuSchool of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7082-4898
Adriana Ríos RincónDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, 8205-114 St, 2-64 Corbett Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9018-9761

Funding

Center for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), Spark Program SPARK-6-00450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty assessment and monitoring are essential for supporting independent living and preventing adverse outcomes among older adults. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the concurrent validity of a high-accuracy home-monitoring system for assessing and tracking frailty in older adults. The system integrated off-the-shelf, zero-effort technologies, including ultra-wideband (UWB) indoor positioning, a smart scale, a connected hand dynamometer, and a Bluetooth speakerphone, to measure the five components of Fried's Frailty Phenotype criteria. Twenty-one participants (aged 21-90 years) completed frailty assessments using both traditional clinical measures and the sensor-based system within a simulated home environment within a major rehabilitation hospital. The developed system demonstrated very strong and statistically significant correlations between the sensor-based system and the Fried's Frailty Phenotype criteria, strong correlations with the Clinical Frailty Scale, and moderate-to-strong correlations with the Edmonton Frailty Scale, confirming the system's strong concurrent validity. These findings indicate that high-accuracy, home-based monitoring technologies can provide reliable, objective, and non-invasive assessment of frailty in older adults, supporting early detection and continuous monitoring. This approach shows promise for future integration into smart home environments to enhance proactive frailty management and aging-in-place strategies.

Indexed as

FrailtyGeriatric AssessmentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAging in PlaceFemaleFrail ElderlyHumansMaleMonitoring, Physiologicagingaging in placefrailtyindependent livingvalidation studywireless technology

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PMID41516550
PMCPMC12787328

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