Literature Review: IoT Techniques for Monitoring Health of Elderly

This literature review examines the application of IoT (Internet of Things) techniques for monitoring the health of elderly and disabled individuals. It analyzes two research articles, focusing on disease diagnosis and health awareness. The first article proposes using IoT for disease diagnosis to increase reliability and reduce harm associated with traditional methods, outlining a process involving medical history collection, physical examination, diagnostic tests, and conclusion generation. It identifies potential limitations, such as inaccurate medical history and risks associated with diagnostic rays. The second article emphasizes spreading health awareness among elderly and disabled people using IoT technologies, detailing a process that includes defining goals, developing clear messages, selecting tools, evaluating awareness spread, and implementing health awareness programs. The review critically assesses the methodologies, identifies potential improvements, and raises questions about the justification of conclusions, ultimately highlighting the value of IoT in enhancing healthcare for vulnerable populations. Desklib provides access to similar literature reviews and study tools for students.

Literature Review (Secondary Research)Template
Student Name& CSU ID
Project Topic Title IoT Techniques for monitoring the health of elderly and disabled people.
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Reference in APA format JungLa, H. (2016). A conceptual framework for trajectory-based medical analytics with IoT contexts.
Journal of Computer and System Sciences. Volume 82, Issue 4, June 2016, Pages 610-626.
URL of the Reference Authors Names and Emails
and Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …Qn)
Keywords in this Reference
https://www-sciencedirect-
com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/science/article/
pii/S002200001500135X
Hyun JungLa
Level of journal: Q1
Medical IoT device; Personal healthcare ; Medical diagnosis ;
Trajectory-based analytics
The Name of the Current Solution
(Technique/ Method/ Scheme/
Algorithm/ Model/ Tool/ Framework/ ...
etc )
The Goal (Purpose) of this Solution& What
is the Problem that need to be solved
What are the components of it?
Disease Diagnosis
Problem:
In diagnosis various rays are used that can lead
to many further problems to elderly or disabled
people leading to various harm in their body. It
requires various forms for treatment and even
proves to be stigmatising as it provides label
and adopts various sick roles that delays the
recovery. Using of same syringe can lead to
life taking issues.
Goal:
The major goal is to introduce manuals of
diagnostics using IoT so that it can increase its
Various IT tools are used for the diagnosis of disease in a
better way so to monitor the health of disabled as well as
elderly people. IoTeven allows patients to seek more
information regarding their disease.
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reliability and can develop a sense in this
confusing world regarding the health of elders
and disabled people.
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; Means How the Problem has Solved& Advantage & Disadvantage of Each Step in This Process
Process Steps Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 There is need to collect all previous medical
history of the disabled and elderly people.
It will help to get the brief information
regarding the health history of the person and
will also help to catch their basic weak nerves.
There are chances of disabled and elderly
people not having their all previous medical
history.
2 Later the disabled and elderly people are
physically examined. Their essentials are
collected and recorded.
It makes it easy for doctors to analyse the
patients providing their basic information.
At the time of physical examination there
are chances that others issues can occur and
may lead to some other problems.
3 After that diagnostic test are performed. It helps to get the complete idea regarding
patient’s diagnosis. Developing the surety and
confirmation regarding the diagnosis of
disabled and elderly people using IoT.
In diagnosis various rays are used that can
lead to many further problems to elderly or
disabled people leading to various harm in
their body.
4 Finally the conclusions are drawn and a result of
diagnosis is generated.
It helps to reach to a final report and develop
the official diagnosis.
There can be a wrong result generated.
Major Impact Factors in this Work
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
X-Ray Computer systems
MRI Medical services
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Ultrasound Hardware devices or components
Input and Output Feature of This Solution Contribution & The Value of This Work
Input Output
The aim of this input
is that to develop a
proper monitoring
system of diagnosis
for disabled and
elderly people using
IoT tools.
The output is that
using IoT increases
reliability and can
develop a sense in this
confusing world
regarding the health
of elders and disabled
people.
Using few IoT techniques it becomes easy to
provide the sense of health care of elders and
disabled people. It monitors their health in a better
way.
These techniques will contribute in getting the
proper information to patients and it helps them
getting the complete idea regarding patient’s
diagnosis. It helps in developing the surety and
confirmation regarding the diagnosis of disabled
and elderly people using IoT.
1. what in the method could have been better? 2. what in the author analyses were missed? 3. was there a technique that could have been
used, or a question that could have been asked,
that the researchers did not use or ask?
By applying some new techniques the method of
diagnosis can be made better. We can reduce the
time taken in the process so that the harm caused
to the patients is reduced.
According to the present scenario of journal, the
author missed few points that provide better
methods regarding the diagnosis of diseases. He
even missed the techniques that could be used to
reduce the time taken in the process so that the
harm caused to the patients is reduced.
The question is:
Is IoT tools can be used in a way that causes less
harm to the disabled and elderly people?
What are the drawbacks or limitations that can arise
using IoT tools?
4. Were the conclusion justified and How? Analyse This Work By Critical Thinking The Tools That Assessed this Work
Few tools are used or applied for monitoring the
health and related care of the disabled and elderly
people. These tools help to draw the conclusions
The journal provides the requirement of diagnosis
of diseases and it also introduces the manuals of
diagnostic using IoT so that it can increase its
Some IoT tools must be used for better diagnoses of
diseases and developing the better monitoring of the
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and generate a result of diagnosis. Some other
different tools can also be used which is not
explained in the journal and it can be used for
making the process more efficient.
reliability and can develop a sense in this
confusing world regarding the health of elders and
disabled people.
health of elders and disabled people.
Diagram/Flowchart
Figure 1: Disease diagnosis scheme proposed
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Reference in APA format Baloch, Z., Karim, F.,Mukhtiar, S.,Unar, A. (2018). A context-aware data fusion approach for health-IoT.
International Journal of Information Technology.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-018-0116-1.
URL of the Reference Authors Names and Emails
and Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …Qn)
Keywords in this Reference
https://link-springer-
com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/article/10.1007/
s41870-018-0116-1
ZartashaBaloch, Faisal Karim,
ShaikhMukhtiar, Ali Unar
Level of journal: Q1
Data fusion, Context-awareness, Healthcare, Internet of
Things.
The Name of the Current Solution
(Technique/ Method/ Scheme/
Algorithm/ Model/ Tool/ Framework/ ...
etc )
The Goal (Purpose) of this Solution& What
is the Problem that needs to be solved
What are the components of it?
Health awareness
Problem: There is lack of awareness among
the health of elderly and disabled people. They
are less aware regarding the spreading diseases
within the environment and directly or
indirectly getting affected by such diseases. If
the proper treatment is not started on time then
it may lead to a major problem and require a
considerable time to overcome its effects.
Goal: The goal is to spread health awareness
among elderly and disabled people in world by
using various IoT technologies. The aim is to
spread health-related skills so as to support
problems related to health of disabled and
elderly people.
Some IoT techniques contribute to getting the proper
information or health skills to disabled and elderly people
which helps them to deal properly with the health-related
problems. Using IoT techniques awareness regarding the
health-related issues can be raised and can contribute a lot to
properly dealing with the health care issues and even reduces
the adverse effects of health in disabled and elderly people.
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; Means How the Problem has Solved& Advantage & Disadvantage of Each Step in This Process
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Process Steps Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 Define the goals and objective required for the
awareness of the health-related issues and also
determines the needs of patients that are elderly
and disabled people.
It helps to come to know regarding the needs
of the elderly and disabled people and the
problem they are facing related to health-based
issues. And it will also help in developing the
importance and value of health among the
people.
Sometimes due to the knowledge related to
heath care that people possess they even
used to ignore the necessity of doctors and
physicians.
2 Develop or generate a clear message regarding
the development of health awareness.
By having a perfect plan for health care,
elderly and disabled people come to know the
required important items and necessary things
for health care.
People started thinking that their plan for
health care is perfect and ideal and he
doesn’t require the assistance of any doctor.
3 Later some tools and tactics need to be chosen
for spreading the awareness and some health
skills.
Having proper health skills one can save both
money and its time. Precautions can be taken
before the attacks of any diseases.
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4 After these processes the drive begins with the
evaluation and measures are defined to track the
awareness spread.
Evaluation will help to know the benefits
occurring due to the creation of health
awareness among elderly and disabled people.
People sometimes used to have half
knowledge regarding the problems occurred
and they without recommending the doctor
used to take some wrong actions that lead to
major problems for them.
5 Lastly, it requires the implementation of health
awareness.
With the proper implementation of health care
awareness, people can solve their health-
related issues b themselves only. They can
maintain their health properly knowing about
their body well.
Sometimes people ignore to visit the doctor
just to save some little money and due to
this ignorance problems used to get out of
control.
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Major Impact Factors in this Work
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
Computer system Internet services
Online advertising Network services
Input and Output Feature of This Solution Contribution & The Value of This Work
Input Output
The aim of this input
is to spread health-
related skills so as to
support problems
related to the health of
disabled and elderly
people.
The output is that
using IoT
technologies they can
contribute to getting
the proper
information or health
skills to disabled and
elderly people which
helps them to deal
properly with the
health-related
problems.
Using IoT techniques awareness regarding the
health-related issues can be raised and can
contribute a lot in properly dealing with the health
care issues and even reduces the adverse effects of
health in disabled and elderly people. Using few
IoT techniques it becomes easy to provide the
sense of awareness of health care among elders
and disabled people.
These techniques will contribute in getting to know
regarding the needs of the elderly and disabled
people and the problem they are facing related to
health-based issues. And it will also help in
developing the importance and value of health
among the people. By having a perfect plan for
health care, elderly and disabled people comes to
know the required important items and necessary
things for health care. Having proper health skills
one can save both money and its time. Precautions
can be taken before the attacks of any diseases.
1. what in the method could have been better? 2. what in the author analyses were missed? 3. was there a technique that could have been
used, or a question that could have been asked,
that the researchers did not use or ask?
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By applying few new IoT technologies the
method of spreading health care awareness can be
made better. Along with this, awareness regarding
not ignoring the c also must be spread.
According to the present scenario of the journal,
the author missed few points that provide better
and proper methods regarding the spread of health
care awareness. He even missed the techniques
that could be used to reduce the ignorance carried
by people regarding the spreading health care
awareness.
The question is:
What other IoT technology needs to be developed
for spreading the awareness of health care among
disabled and elderly people?
How to keep a track on the implementation of the
spread awareness on people?
4. were the conclusion justified and How? Analyse This Work By Critical Thinking The Tools That Assessed this Work
The conclusion provided can be justified as by
having a perfect plan for health care, elderly and
disabled people come to know the required
important items and necessary things for health
care.
The IoT technologies provide in the journal helps
us to spread proper awareness among the elderly
and disabled people. They are having proper
health skills one can save both money and its
time. Precautions can be taken before the attacks
of any diseases.
Some IoT tools must be used for better development
of spread of health-related skills so as to support
problems related to the health of disabled and
elderly people.
Diagram/Flowchart
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Figure 2: Data management for context-aware healthcare systems
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Reference in APA format Hussaina, A., Wenbia, R., Da Silvab, A., Nadhera, M., Mudhisha, M. (2015). Health and emergency-care
platform for the elderly and disabled people in the Smart City. Journal of System and Software. Volume 110,
December 2015, Pages 253-263.
URL of the Reference Authors Names and Emails
and Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …Qn)
Keywords in this Reference
https://ac-els-cdn-
com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/
S0164121215001867/1-s2.0-
S0164121215001867-main.pdf?_tid=spdf-
27a7d19c-4b42-4274-a134-
fc1290385c22&acdnat=1519886906_3cc6
b5b64329ef61219a50421b9a97f9
AamirHussaina, RaoWenbia, Aristides Lopes
da Silvab, MuhammadNadhera ,
MuhammadMudhisha
Level of journal: Q1
Healthcare, Internet of Things, People-centric sensing,
Wireless body sensor network, Smart city
The Name of the Current Solution
(Technique/ Method/ Scheme/
Algorithm/ Model/ Tool/ Framework/ ...
etc )
The Goal (Purpose) of this Solution& What
is the Problem that needs to be solved
What are the components of it?
System architecture of health and
emergency care
Problem: The health-related issues can arise
to elderly and disabled people at any particular
moment leading to a life taking problem to
people. Even if the person is getting regular
check-up he can still face the attacks of
diseases any time.
Goal: The goal is using IoT technology one
can monitor the health of elderly and disabled
people over the system of normally monitoring
the health.
Some very compact and portable components of sensing the
health of elderly and disabled people are being used through
the IoT technologies. It allows patients to regularly wear them
around just like the watch or other gadgets for continuous
monitoring. Through this method elderly and disabled people
can be accessed over the internet only.
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The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; Means How the Problem has Solved& Advantage & Disadvantage of Each Step in This Process
Process Steps Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 Using IoT technologies these devices initially
keeps the health of the disabled and elderly
people physically fit by regular and continuous
checking their pulse and manages their diet and
drinking water activity.
Using IoT technologies the health of disabled
and elderly people can be prevented and
managed. It provides them with the best
hospital care without visiting the hospital. It
improves the health of disabled and elderly
people and prevents them from various other
diseases.
Using IoT technologies for the health
management of disabled and elderly people
obstruct the patient’s quality of life.
2 Later it also detects the problems related to
health faced by the disabled and elderly people.
It helps to lead an effective health of disabled
and elderly people. Regular treatment of
people is done and a complete diet is checked.
The effect it has is a bit slower as well as
faster.
3 After that, they diagnose the occurred disease so
that clear information can come out regarding
the diseases occurred.
It helps in managing the healthcare system of
disabled and elderly people. Timely diagnosis
can help them identifying health related
problems at the initial stage itself which can be
easily cured.
The patients are completely engaged in their
health and treatment-related issues. They
can't find time for their personal happiness.
4 Finally, the disease is treated well with the
proper cure and care leading to the improvement
in healthcare of disabled and elderly people
using IoT technologies.
It helps a lot in proper caring and cure of
disabled and elderly people’s health.
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Major Impact Factors in this Work
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
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