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. 2021 Dec 15;18(24):13235. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413235

Table 5.

ADL feature sets according to ADL categories.

ADL Item Feature Description
Indoor wandering Movement in a room Data of the participant’s movements in a room
Indoor wandering late at night All sensor data recorded between 00.00 and 5.00
Unlocking and closing entrance door Going out Data from the time of closing the door and to the opening of the door. In case there was a sensor that started operation, this case was not considered as going out.
No locking of the entrance door Data for cases of the sensor operation during the time of the participant’s going out.
Household chores Laundering (washing machine) Data of washing machine use from the start to the end of the washing machine operation
Washing dishes Data of using kitchen sink faucet for longer than 30 s
Cooking Cooking When two or more kitchen appliances had been used and the temperature of a gas stove had increased (including all cooking for less than 30 min)
Breakfast cooking Cooking between 5:00 and 10:00
Lunch cooking Cooking between 12:00 and 15:00
Dinner cooking Cooking between 17:00 and 20:00
Cooking for over 30 min Cooking data lasting longer than 30 min
Cooking (gas stove—microwave oven) When the sensors used during cooking included the gas stove and microwave oven
Cooking (refrigerator—kitchen sink faucet) When the sensors used during cooking included the refrigerator and kitchen sink faucet
Cooking (refrigerator—gas stove) When the sensors used during cooking included the refrigerator and gas stove
Cooking (kitchen sink faucet— rice cooker) When the sensors used during cooking included the kitchen sink faucet and rice cooker
Heating food (microwave oven) When the sensors used during cooking included the microwave oven but not the gas stove
Taking medications Morning medications Taking medications between 5:00 and 10:00
Lunchtime medications Taking medications between 12:00 and 15:00
Evening medications Taking medications between 17:00 and 20:00
Medications before going to bed Taking medications between 21:00 and 24:00
Grooming
(personal
hygiene)
Use of bathroom faucet (Nighttime) All the data with the start time of the bathroom faucet use between 00:00 and 04:00
Use of showerhead Use of the showerhead installed in the bathroom faucet
Use of bathroom faucet for more than 1 min Use of bathroom faucet over 1 min but not the showerhead
Bathroom faucet (total) Data for all hours of bathroom faucet use
Using household appliances TV (total) Total hours of watching TV over 24 h
TV watching in the morning TV watching between 04:00 and 12:00
TV watching at night TV watching between 00:00 and 04:00
TV after going out Data of TV turned on for 30 min after the participant’s returning from going out
Electric mat (total) Total hours of using electric mat over 24 h
Electric mat—Daytime Use of electric mat between 12:00 and 16:00
Electric mat—Nighttime Use of electric mat between 00:00 and 04:00