Social Rhythms and Nocturnal Routines in Community Dwelling Older Adults

• 발행기관: 한국과학기술원 인간친화 복지 로봇 시스템 연구센터
• 저자명: Julie Behan David Prendergast Lorcan Wals Brenda Quigley
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Assistive Robotics and Mechatronics』International Journal of Assistive Robotics and Mechatronics Vol.9 No.4, 63~73쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 제어계측공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.12.30

영문 초록

This paper describes a pilot carried out by The Digital Health Group in Intel, in which daily social rhythms of community dwelling older adults were examined and related to objectively and subjectively recorded sleep measurements. Ten relatively healthy independently living older adults were interviewed using ethnographic processes to determine a baseline of social activities, behaviours and nocturnal sleeping routines. Each home was fitted with six sensing elements to establish and monitor daily and nocturnal activities. Social behaviours were explored through social contact through phone conversation and human interaction, through mobility, inside and outside the home, and through a person's self reported internal state (how they feel each day). Nocturnal rhythms were examined through actigraph watches and bed pressure sensing devices. A preliminary sub-set of the results are presented in this paper in the form of case studies showing subjective and objective data sets and their comparison to social routines.

키워드

Sleeping routines sociality actigraphy