Saeedbakhsh Saeed, Mohammadi Maryam, Younesi Sarina, Sattari Mohammad
Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Int J Prev Med. 2025 Jan 31;16:3. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_191_23. eCollection 2025.
In smart cities, prioritizing child safety through affordable technology like the Internet of Things (IoT) is crucial for parents. This study seeks to investigate different IoT tools that can prevent and address accidents involving children. The goal is to alleviate the emotional and financial toll of such incidents due to their high mortality rates.
This study considers articles published in English that use IoT for children's healthcare. PubMed, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases are considered as searchable databases. 273 studies were retrieved after the initial search. After eliminating duplicate records, studies were assessed based on input and output criteria. Titles and abstracts were reviewed for relevance. Articles not meeting criteria were excluded. Finally, 29 cases had the necessary criteria to enter this study.
The study reveals that India is at the forefront of IoT research for children, followed by Italy and China. Studies mainly occur indoors, utilizing wearable sensors like heart rate, motion, and tracking sensors. Biosignal sensors and technologies such as Zigbee and image recognition are commonly used for data collection and analysis. Diverse approaches, including cloud computing and machine vision, are applied in this innovative field.
In conclusion, IoT for children is mainly seen in developed countries like India, Italy, and China. Studies focus on indoor use, using wearable sensors for heart rate monitoring. Biosignal sensors and various technologies like Zigbee, Kinect, image recognition, RFID, and robots contribute to enhancing children's well-being.
在智慧城市中，通过物联网（IoT）等经济实惠的技术来优先保障儿童安全对家长而言至关重要。本研究旨在调查不同的物联网工具，这些工具可预防和处理涉及儿童的事故。目标是减轻此类事故因其高死亡率而带来的情感和经济损失。
本研究考虑以英文发表的将物联网用于儿童医疗保健的文章。PubMed、Science Direct和Web of Science数据库被视为可搜索数据库。初始搜索后检索到273项研究。在消除重复记录后，根据输入和输出标准对研究进行评估。对标题和摘要进行相关性审查。不符合标准的文章被排除。最后，有29个案例具备进入本研究的必要标准。
研究表明，印度在儿童物联网研究方面处于领先地位，其次是意大利和中国。研究主要在室内进行，利用心率、运动和跟踪等可穿戴传感器。生物信号传感器以及Zigbee和图像识别等技术通常用于数据收集和分析。包括云计算和机器视觉在内的多种方法被应用于这一创新领域。
总之，儿童物联网主要出现在印度、意大利和中国等发达国家。研究集中在室内使用，使用可穿戴传感器进行心率监测。生物信号传感器以及Zigbee、Kinect、图像识别、RFID和机器人等各种技术有助于提高儿童的福祉。
