Improving digital engagement for elderly Chinese with mobile health technologies...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose Previous research has identified challenges for the elderly in using electronic personal health records1,2. The aim of this study was to assess the usability and utility of mobile health technologies to engage elderly Chinese in monitoring and managing their chronic diseases. Method As shown...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 97 - 99 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180444728&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180444728 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 Special Issue vid: 13 iid: 2 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 180444728 180444728 180444728 10.4017/gt.2014.13.02.301.00 180444728 ppf: 97 ppct: 2 formats: tig: atl: Improving digital engagement for elderly Chinese with mobile health technologies...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan. aug: au: LI, P. AN, N. CHEN, H. JIE, Y. LEVKOFF, S. E. affil: School of Computer & Information, Hefei University of Technology, China sug: subj: Telehealth Technology Chronic Disease In Old Age Monitoring, Physiologic In Old Age Self-Management In Old Age Patient Participation In Old Age Patient Attitudes Evaluation Health Resource Utilization Evaluation Congresses and Conferences Taiwan Taiwan Aged China Aged: 65+ years ab: Purpose Previous research has identified challenges for the elderly in using electronic personal health records1,2. The aim of this study was to assess the usability and utility of mobile health technologies to engage elderly Chinese in monitoring and managing their chronic diseases. Method As shown in Figure 1, we developed a web-based, institution- neutral Personal Health Record (PHR) system that seamlessly integrated mobile medical devices measuring the blood pressure, heart rate, glucose level, and temperature of elderly people. The recorded vital information was collected at more than 10 elderly day care centers in Cheng Guan District, Lanzhou, Gansu Province. We assessed usability including learnability, memorability, handling errors, and satisfaction through focus group meetings, system logs, and questionnaires. This work was supported in part by the '111 Project' of Chinese Ministry of Education and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs under Grant No. B14025, by the 'University Featured Project' of Chinese Ministry of Education under Grant No. TS2013HFGY031, and by the Chinese Key International S&T Cooperation Project under Grant No. 2014DFA11310. Results & Discussion As of December 31, 2013, 1,317 elderly people registered into the system, and more than 25,190 measurements were taken during the 6-month period of assessment. The registered elderly range in age from 60 to 100 years with the largest concentration from 75 to 80 years. The initial results from our questionnaire collected at focus group meetings showed that 84.3% of participants validated the usefulness of mobile health technologies for their chronic disease management. Our findings, however, also suggested that without sufficient support, 37.6% of the elderly may not utilize mobile health technologies mainly because they perceive these technologies as complex and difficult to use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: abstract proceedings research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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