A priori acceptability of a multimodal system for the early detection of frailty in older adults

Joaquim Prud'Homm (1) , Fabien Lemoine (1, 2) , Manuel Abbas (1) , Guy Carrault (1, 2) , Dominique Somme (3) , Régine Le Bouquin Jeannes (1)

1 LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image
2 CIC-IT Rennes
3 ARENES - Arènes: politique, santé publique, environnement, médias

Frailty would affect 4 out of 5 people aged of 85 and over in France. As part of a global project aimed to develop a multimodal system for the early detection of frailty among older adults living at home or in a senior residence, we reported prospective quantitative study assessing a priori acceptability of this system. This platform is composed of 5 devices: a weight scale, a tensiometer, a wrist-worn step counter, an activity tracker and a tablet to exchange data with the aforementioned sensors over internet. The inclusion criteria are: age ≥ 80 years old, living at home or in senior residence, assessed as 'robust' or 'pre-frail'. The a priori acceptability is assessed through self-evaluation questionnaires. The results of the first 22 volunteers included in this study would be in favor of an a priori intention to use rather favorable to the use of the system, despite an a priori acceptability judged rather moderate.

Mots clés: Acceptability; frailty; prevention; information and communication technologies; gerontechnology

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Electronique

Joaquim Prud'Homm, Fabien Lemoine, Manuel Abbas, Guy Carrault, Dominique Somme, et al.. A priori acceptability of a multimodal system for the early detection of frailty in older adults. JETSAN 2021 - Colloque en Télésanté et dispositifs biomédicaux - 8ème édition, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier [UPS], May 2021, Toulouse, Blagnac, France. ⟨hal-03501189⟩