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. 2023 Feb 18;23(4):2287.
doi: 10.3390/s23042287.

Sustainable Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults as Supported by the vINCI Technology

Ciprian Dobre  1   2 , Lidia Băjenaru  1   2 , Rozeta Drăghici  3 , Gabriel-Ioan Prada  3   4 , Alexandru Balog  5 , Anna Marie Herghelegiu  3   4
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Sustainable Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults as Supported by the vINCI Technology

Ciprian Dobre et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

The vINCI technology represents an innovative instrument developed specifically but not exclusively for older adults by technology researchers together with a medical team specialized in geriatrics and gerontology. It was designed to be independently and effortlessly used by older adults in the comfort and safety of their own environment. It is a modular and flexible platform that can integrate a large array of various sensors and can easily adapt to specific healthcare needs. The pilot study tested sensors and standardized instruments capable of evaluating several care-related parameters and of generating personalized feedback for the user dedicated to optimizing physical activity level, social interaction, and health-related quality of life. Moreover, the system was able to detect and signal events and health-related aspects that would require medical assistance. This paper presents how the innovative vINCI technology improves quality of life in older adults. This is evidenced by the results obtained following the clinical validation of the vINCI technology by older adults admitted to the Ana Aslan National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics (NIGG) in Bucharest.

Keywords: ambient assisted living; health-related quality of life; older adults; physical activity; technology for sustainable health; vINCI technology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.

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Platform architecture.
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Data flow within the vINCI integrated system.
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Communication flow.
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Consensus algorithm.
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The mean scores of the 26 items in WHOQOL-BREF scale (control group, day 1 and day 8, N = 30).
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The mean scores of the 26 items in WHOQOL-BREF scale (experimental group, day 1 and day 8, N = 30).
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