School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, 722 20 Västerås, Sweden.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 9;20(5):1502. doi: 10.3390/s20051502.
The use of wearable body sensors for health monitoring is a quickly growing field with the potential of offering a reliable means for clinical and remote health management. This includes both real-time monitoring and health trend monitoring with the aim to detect/predict health deterioration and also to act as a prevention tool. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a qualitative synthesis of studies using wearable body sensors for health monitoring. The synthesis and analysis have pointed out a number of shortcomings in prior research. Major shortcomings are demonstrated by the majority of the studies adopting an observational research design, too small sample sizes, poorly presented, and/or non-representative participant demographics (i.e., age, gender, patient/healthy). These aspects need to be considered in future research work.
可穿戴式身体传感器在健康监测中的应用是一个快速发展的领域，具有为临床和远程健康管理提供可靠手段的潜力。这包括实时监测和健康趋势监测，旨在检测/预测健康恶化，并作为预防工具。本系统评价的目的是对使用可穿戴式身体传感器进行健康监测的研究进行定性综合。综合分析指出了先前研究中的一些缺陷。主要的缺点是大多数研究采用观察性研究设计，样本量太小，呈现效果差，以及/或者参与者人口统计学数据（即年龄、性别、患者/健康）无代表性。这些方面需要在未来的研究工作中加以考虑。
