Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases contribute to 17.7 million deaths per year and are rising with a growing ageing population. In order to handle these challenges, the evolved countries are now evolving workable solutions based on new communication technologies such as ambient assisted living. In these solutions, the most well-known solutions are wearable devices for patient monitoring, telemedicine and mHealth systems. This systematic literature review presents the detailed literature on ambient assisted living solutions and helps to understand how ambient assisted living helps and motivates patients with cardiovascular diseases for self-management to reduce associated morbidity and mortalities. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses technique are used to answer the research questions. The paper is divided into four main themes, including self-monitoring wearable systems, ambient assisted living in aged populations, clinician management systems and deep learning-based systems for cardiovascular diagnosis. For each theme, a detailed investigation shows (1) how these new technologies are nowadays integrated into diagnostic systems and (2) how new technologies like IoT sensors, cloud models, machine and deep learning strategies can be used to improve the medical services. This study helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses of novel ambient assisted living environments for medical applications. Besides, this review assists in reducing the dependence on caregivers and the healthcare systems.
Highlights
Chronic conditions are impacting and burdening economies of countries around the world and contributing around 60 to 75% of deaths
The paper is divided into four main themes, including self-monitoring wearable systems, ambient assisted living in aged populations, clinician management systems and deep learning-based systems for cardiovascular diagnosis
An increase in the prevalence of long-term chronic conditions coupled with factors such as an ageing population acts as a growing contributory factor leading to a shift in the cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality in older ages [4, 5]
Summary
Chronic conditions are impacting and burdening economies of countries around the world and contributing around 60 to 75% of deaths. An increase in the prevalence of long-term chronic conditions coupled with factors such as an ageing population acts as a growing contributory factor leading to a shift in the CVD incidence and mortality in older ages [4, 5]. This shift has led to an increased dependence on clinicians and caregivers for the management of multiple chronic conditions [6, 7]. Research shows that between 2002 and 2045, 50% of the total healthcare expenditure will be directed towards the ageing population, causing a large burden on the economy [10, 13]
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