Table 1.
Chosen studies and their features in relation to healthcare applications. Application type includes activity or gait monitoring, chronic disease self-management, nursing or home-based care, and healthcare education. Setting refers to testing the system in the laboratory, community, or hospital, while pilot study type refers to usability, feasibility, or prospective cohort study
| Article | Application | Population type tested | Setting | No. participants | Pilot study type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockman 2011 [25] | Chronic disease self-management | Epilepsy | Laboratory and community | 40 | Usability |
| Lopez 2014 [26] | Chronic disease self-management | Parkinson’s disease | Laboratory | 10 | Feasibility |
| Sharma 2014 [27] | Chronic disease self-management | Parkinson’s disease | Laboratory | 5 | Feasibility |
| Chippen-dale 2014 [28] | Activity monitoring | Visually impaired | Community | 1 | Feasibility |
| Årsand 2015 [29] | Chronic disease self-management | Diabetes | Community | 6 | Usability |
| Mortazavi 2015 [30] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Laboratory | 20 | Feasibility |
| Boletsis 2015 [31] | Nursing or home-based care | Dementia | Community (nursing home) | 1 | Usability |
| Faye 2015 [32] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Community | 13 | Feasibility |
| Haescher 2015 [33] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Community | 14 | Feasibility |
| Jeong 2015 [34] | Healthcare education | Healthy | Laboratory | 1 | Feasibility |
| Panagop-oulos 2015 [35] | Nursing or home-based care | Geriatrics | Laboratory | 26 | Usability |
| Neto 2015 [36] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy and visually impaired | Laboratory | 15 healthy, 11 low vision | Feasibility |
| Kalantarian 2015 [37] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy | Laboratory | 10 | Feasibility |
| Vilarinho 2015 [38] | Nursing or home-based care | Healthy | Laboratory | 3 | Feasibility |
| Dubey 2015 [39] | Chronic disease self-management | Parkinson’s disease | Laboratory | 3 | Feasibility |
| Dubey 2015 [40] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy and Parkinson’s disease | Laboratory | 3 healthy, 3 Parkinson’s disease | Feasibility |
| Thomaz 2015 [41] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy | Laboratory and community | 20 | Feasibility |
| Ali 2016 [42] | Nursing or home-based care | Nursing home staff | Community | 1 | Usability |
| Banos 2016 [43] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy and medical experts | Community | 10 healthy, 6 medical experts | Feasibility |
| Duclos 2016 [44] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Laboratory and community | 16 | Feasibility |
| Velez 2016 [45] | Chronic disease self-management | Epilepsy | Hospital | 30 | Prospective cohort study |
| Hosseini 2016 [46] | Chronic disease self-management | Asthma | Community | 1 | Feasibility |
| Dobrican 2016 [47] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Community | 5 | Feasibility |
| Thorpe 2016 [48] | Nursing or home-based care | Dementia | Laboratory and community | 5 | Usability |
| Nair 2016 [49] | Activity monitoring | Healthy | Laboratory | 10 | Feasibility |
| Micallef 2016 [50] | Chronic disease self-management | Stroke | Community | 15 | Usability |
| Ye 2016 [51] | Chronic disease self-management | Healthy | Community | 7 | Usability |