A Systematic review of wearable devices for tracking physiological indicators of Dementia related difficulties

摘要

We present a systematic review of wearable devices used for predicting or identifying dementia-related agitation. In the review, six named and described devices were found in the literature and each was evaluated and reviewed to identify their strengths and weaknesses, with all possessing at least one weakness which made it not ideal for future research on the prediction or detection of dementia-related agitation. Only two of the wearables contained all three of the desired sensing modalities, with one of those devices being prohibitively expensive for use in many applications and studies and the other being untested and unevaluated as well as not being available commercially or for use. Future work should focus on the development of a device which contains the three desired sensing modalities while remaining inexpensive and usable enough to be accessible for use in a wide variety of studies and applications.