COVID-19对老年痴呆症患者活动水平的影响
概括
在COVID-19后,打击痴呆症老年人的虚弱措施至关重要. 一个新的基于ICT的系统监测了每天的步骤,揭示了各种活动水平,并为痴呆症患者的健康策略提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,老年人群的身体和社会脆弱性加剧了,特别是那些患有痴呆症的人群.
- 在此类危机期间,缺乏有关社区居住的老年痴呆症患者活动水平的系统数据.
- 需要针对这个弱势群体制定有效的健康促进策略.
研究的目的:
- 开发和实施基于信息和通信技术 (ICT) 的系统,用于监测老年痴呆症患者的日常步骤.
- 在COVID-19流行病之前和期间调查体育活动的变化,特别是步数.
- 评估使用定量步骤数据开发健康促进战略的可行性.
主要方法:
- 开发基于ICT的步骤监控系统.
- 招募13名社区居住的老年痴呆症参与者.
- 在COVID-19流行之前和期间,从参与者那里收集和分析每日步数数据.
主要成果:
- 在13名参与者中,有6人保持着约7000步的持续活动水平.
- 在一些参与者中,观察到户外活动频率明显下降.
- 信息通信技术系统成功提供了关于每日步数的定量数据.
结论:
- 基于ICT的步骤监测系统可以有效地跟踪痴呆症老年人的身体活动.
- 研究结果强调了疫情期间活动变化的异质性,一些人显示出移动性显著减少.
- 定量步骤数据可以为开发个性化的健康促进策略提供信息,以减轻这一群体的脆弱性.
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