TY - JOUR
T1 - Artificial Intelligence in Elderly Healthcare: A Scoping Review
AU - Ma, Bingxin
AU - Yang, Jin
AU - Wong, Kam Yuet
AU - Wong, Kwan Ching
AU - Ma, Tingting
AU - Meng, Jianan
AU - Zhao, Yue
AU - Wang, Yaogang
AU - Lu, Qi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 71974142 ; 71910107004 ; 72204186 ; 72274134 ) and the Major Science and Technology Project of Public Health in Tianjin (grant number: 21ZXGWSY00090 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - The ageing population has led to a surge in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in elderly healthcare worldwide. However, in the advancement of AI technologies, there is currently a lack of clarity about the types and roles of AI technologies in elderly healthcare. This scoping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of AI technologies in elderly healthcare by exploring the types of AI technologies employed, and identifying their roles in elderly healthcare based on existing studies. A total of 10 databases were searched for this review, from January 1 2000 to July 31 2022. Based on the inclusion criteria, 105 studies were included. The AI devices utilized in elderly healthcare were summarised as robots, exoskeleton devices, intelligent homes, AI-enabled health smart applications and wearables, voice-activated devices, and virtual reality. Five roles of AI technologies were identified: rehabilitation therapists, emotional supporters, social facilitators, supervisors, and cognitive promoters. Results showed that the impact of AI technologies on elderly healthcare is promising and that AI technologies are capable of satisfying the unmet care needs of older adults and demonstrating great potential in its further development in this area. More well-designed randomised controlled trials are needed in the future to validate the roles of AI technologies in elderly healthcare.
AB - The ageing population has led to a surge in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in elderly healthcare worldwide. However, in the advancement of AI technologies, there is currently a lack of clarity about the types and roles of AI technologies in elderly healthcare. This scoping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of AI technologies in elderly healthcare by exploring the types of AI technologies employed, and identifying their roles in elderly healthcare based on existing studies. A total of 10 databases were searched for this review, from January 1 2000 to July 31 2022. Based on the inclusion criteria, 105 studies were included. The AI devices utilized in elderly healthcare were summarised as robots, exoskeleton devices, intelligent homes, AI-enabled health smart applications and wearables, voice-activated devices, and virtual reality. Five roles of AI technologies were identified: rehabilitation therapists, emotional supporters, social facilitators, supervisors, and cognitive promoters. Results showed that the impact of AI technologies on elderly healthcare is promising and that AI technologies are capable of satisfying the unmet care needs of older adults and demonstrating great potential in its further development in this area. More well-designed randomised controlled trials are needed in the future to validate the roles of AI technologies in elderly healthcare.
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Elderly healthcare
KW - Scoping review
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101808
DO - 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101808
M3 - Review article
SN - 1568-1637
VL - 83
JO - Ageing Research Reviews
JF - Ageing Research Reviews
M1 - 101808
ER -