Mobile health applications to promote active and healthy ageing

Jorunn L. Helbostad; Beatrix Vereijken; Clemens Becker; Christop Todd; Kristin Taraldsen; Mirjam Pijnappels; Kamiar Aminian; Sabato Mellone

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Mobile health applications to promote active and healthy ageing

Jorunn L. Helbostad^*, Beatrix Vereijken, Clemens Becker, Christop Todd, Kristin Taraldsen, Mirjam Pijnappels, Kamiar Aminian, Sabato Mellone

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The European population is ageing, and there is a need for health solutions that keep older adults independent longer. With increasing access to mobile technology, such as smartphones and smartwatches, the development and use of mobile health applications is rapidly growing. To meet the societal challenge of changing demography, mobile health solutions are warranted that support older adults to stay healthy and active and that can prevent or delay functional decline. This paper reviews the literature on mobile technology, in particular wearable technology, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and wristbands, presenting new ideas on how this technology can be used to encourage an active lifestyle, and discusses the way forward in order further to advance development and practice in the field of mobile technology for active, healthy ageing.

Original language	English
Article number	622
Journal	Sensors
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s17030622
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2017

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PreventIT has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No. 689238.

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Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	689238

Keywords

Activity monitoring
Healthy ageing
Mobile health applications
Mobile technology
Smartphones
Smartwatches
Wristbands

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