Emergency & Critical Care Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, 5148507, Japan.
Department of Emergency & Disaster Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, 5148507, Japan.
Biotechniques. 2021 Jul;71(1):392-399. doi: 10.2144/btn-2020-0160. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
Wearable sensor technology enables objective data collection of direct human interactions. The authors review sociometric wearable devices (SWD) and their application in healthcare. Human interactions captured by wearable sensors have been shown to correlate with social constructs such as teamwork and productivity in the office. Application of SWD in the field of healthcare requires special considerations: validation studies have shown technological disadvantages in acute medical settings. Application of SWD in healthcare should be considered based on the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology. SWD can also play an important role in investigation of human interaction and epidemic spread. When study designs and methodologies are carefully considered, incorporation of SWD in healthcare research has promising potential for new insights.
可穿戴传感器技术能够客观地收集直接的人际互动数据。作者回顾了社交可穿戴设备（SWD）及其在医疗保健中的应用。研究表明，可穿戴传感器捕捉到的人际互动与团队合作和工作效率等社会结构相关。在医疗保健领域应用 SWD 需要特别考虑：验证研究表明，在急性医疗环境中存在技术劣势。SWD 在医疗保健中的应用应基于该方法的优缺点来考虑。SWD 还可以在人类互动和传染病传播的研究中发挥重要作用。当仔细考虑研究设计和方法学时，将 SWD 纳入医疗保健研究具有为新见解带来广阔前景。
