Cloud-based physiological sound-controlled intelligent music and blood-pressure control system for assisting family care
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Cloud-based physiological sound-controlled intelligent music and blood-pressure control system for assisting family caregivers of dementia patients Mei-Jing Lyu 1
& Shyan-Ming Yuan
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Received: 18 August 2019 / Revised: 31 August 2020 / Accepted: 17 September 2020 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract
Population aging causes the prevalence of hypertension to increase, which increases the incidence of dementia and leads to premature death. The simultaneous development of these two diseases accelerates the progression of dementia, leading to a reduction in the patient’s quality of life. This is difficult for caregivers, as it causes them to shoulder a greater burden and brings greater emotional stress, resulting in their wanting to end the care relationship or even neglect or abuse patients. In addition, their own mental and physical health is also severely affected, causing them to seek medical treatment themselves. In view of this problem, we propose a cloud-based physiological sound-controlled intelligent music and blood-pressure control system to assist family caregivers of dementia patients to reduce their burden as well as their stress. We interview family caregivers regarding the benefits of this system in assisting them and find that most caregivers find the system to be helpful. Keywords Dementia . Healthcare . Sensor . Fuzzy logic . Hypertension . Music
1 Introduction It is difficult for most people to know that they are suffering from hypertension unless they measure their blood pressure or suffer from obvious symptoms caused by comorbidities. Therefore, hypertension is known as a “silent killer” and is also one of the most important causes of premature death globally. According to statistical data obtained from the World * Mei-Jing Lyu [email protected] Shyan-Ming Yuan [email protected]
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Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
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Health Organization [35], hypertension causes nearly 8 million deaths every year. Statistical data from the American Heart Association shows that nearly half of all American adults suffer from hypertension [3]. As populations age and as life expectancy increases, the prevalence of hypertension is expected to continue to rise. In 2025, it is expected that 1.56 billion adults will suffer from hypertension [35]. Therefore, good blood-pressure control is important to prevent hypertension from directly threatening health and life. An increasing number of long-term hypertension patients develop microvascular problems, leading to decreased cognitive ability and correspondingly high incidence of dementia. One study shows that in untreated hypertension, a diastolic blood pressure (DBP) greater than 95 mmHg increases the risk of dementia by 430%, and a systolic blood pressure (SBP) of more than 160 mmHg increases the risk of dementia by 480% [20]. According to statistical data from Alzheimer’s Disease Internationa
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