The effect of smart health care systems as remote monitoring on health-related quality of life in the elderly with chronic diseases
C.H. Oak, H. K. Choi, K. Y. Lee
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AbstractKorean society is rapidly aging, and it is expected that more than 10 million elderly people will enter the super-aged society by 2025. It is very important for the elderly to have a physically and mentally healthy old age. However, according to the 2020 Survey on the Elderly, 84% of the elderly answered that they had one or more chronic diseases, 27.1% of the two chronic diseases, and 27.8% of the elderly with three or more chronic diseases. Serious problems in chronic diseases are related to heart failure, diabetes, and infection such as Covid19. Recently Civid19 pandemic swept across global aging societies and put elderly people with chronic disease more vulnerable to mobility (Kim& Oak, 2022).Therefore, remote monitoring an elderly with chronic disease is an important issue than ever. Smart health care systems as remote monitoring is so called telemetry system which enable doctors or health care providers to manage remotely to consult, diagnose and treat patient with chronic disease and infectious disease as well. The goal of telemetry system is to meet timely medical need in elderly people in distant place through communication technologies. Through technological breakthrough, particularly in real-time health care industry, telemetry system with real-time monitoring of heart rhythm and blood glucose level can play an important role in managing healthcare services in elderly(Kim & Oak, 2022). The purpose of this study was to examine effectiveness of smart health care as remote monitoring on health-related quality of life of the elderly with chronic diseases.Keywords: smart health care systems as remote monitoring, health-related quality of life, elderly, chronic diseases
C.H. Oak, H. K. Choi, K. Y. Lee (2022). The effect of smart health care systems as remote monitoring on health-related quality of life in the elderly with chronic diseases. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.686.opp3