UTILITY OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR AMBULATORY ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURES AND HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS - Session 4310 - Symposium

Sep 29, 2026

Digital technologies such as wearable sensors and smartphones enable real-time assessment of psychological and physiological states, behavioral patterns, cognitive functioning, and person-level environmental exposures during daily life. These approaches support ongoing follow-up for older adults when in-person assessments are infeasible, including during infectious disease outbreaks or when travel to a study clinic is difficult. The session highlights an Einstein Aging Study cohort method combining ambulatory exposure and cognition measures with clinic-based assessments in adults aged 60+.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Reading Time3 min

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Session overview

Digital tools for real-time assessment

Follow-up when clinic access is limited

Applications in the Einstein Aging Study

FAQs

How do wearable sensors and smartphones support assessment in daily life?

They enable real-time evaluation of psychological and physiological states, behavioral patterns, cognitive functioning, and environmental exposures during everyday routines.

Why is ambulatory digital assessment useful for older adults?

It enables continued longitudinal follow-up when in-person assessments are not possible, such as during infectious disease outbreaks or when participants cannot travel to a study clinic.

What five application areas does the symposium cover?

Maintaining ongoing follow-up with real-time longitudinal data; using GPS to estimate neighborhood exposure indices; studying glucose regulation’s impact on cognition in older adults with diabetes; examining real-time links between subjective cognitive concerns and performance; and prospectively tracking psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 29, 2026

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