Examining Identity as a Variable of Health Technology Research for Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Harrington, Christina; Martin-Hammond, Aqueasha; Bray, Kirsten

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“…The design of inappropriate technologies can limit uptake and enhance disability and inequity among older people with frailty and impairment [ 8 ]. For example, technologies meant to enhance safety and enable independence among older people with cognitive impairment can be disempowering or dehumanizing if designed and used inappropriately [ 8 , 9 ].…”

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Involving Older People With Frailty or Impairment in the Design Process of Digital Health Technologies to Enable Aging in Place: Scoping Review

Wegener¹,

Bergschöld²,

Whitmore³

et al. 2023

JMIR Hum Factors

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Background With an increase in life expectancy globally, the focus on digital health technologies that can enhance physical and mental health among older people with frailty and impairment has increased. Similarly, research interest in how digital health technology can promote well-being and self-management of health in older age has increased, including an increased focus on methods for designing digital health technologies that meet the various medical, psychological, and social needs of older population. Despite the increased focus, there remains a necessity to further understand the needs of this population group to ensure uptake and to avoid introduction of additional challenges when introducing technologies, for example, because of poor technological design. The scope is limited to digital health technologies meant to enable older people with frailty and impairment to age in place. Objective In this study, we aimed to explore how older people with frailty and impairment are involved in various parts of the design processes of digital health technologies and identify gaps or neglected steps in a user-involving design process. This included a focus on recruitment strategies, contributions, and methods used to address the perspectives, needs, and desires of older people with frailty and impairment in the development of digital health technologies. Methods A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) reporting from February 2021 to April 2021. Literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and IEEE using a search string covering the concepts of health technology, older people, frailty and impairment, user-centered design, and self-management. Results In total, 1891 studies were imported for screening from the initial search. A total of 22 studies were included in this review after full-text screening and manual search. Invitation through partners was the most reported recruitment strategy to involve older people with frailty and impairment in the design process of digital health technologies. Furthermore, they were commonly involved in the final evaluation of the development process. Three main gaps identified were the use of outreach approaches to recruit older people with frailty and impairment in the design process of digital health technologies, description of the value of involvement and outcome of the contribution of participants, and knowledge regarding involvement in all parts of the design process. Conclusions Although there is literature on methods for involving older people with frailty and impairment in the design of digital health technology, there is little methodological dialogue on the nuances of how different methods for involvement relate to and shape the outcome of the development process.

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Involving Older People With Frailty or Impairment in the Design Process of Digital Health Technologies to Enable Aging in Place: Scoping Review

Wegener¹,

Bergschöld²,

Whitmore³

et al. 2023

JMIR Hum Factors

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“So, Should I Walk Today or Not?” Understanding Concerns and Queries on Health and Fitness Among Indian Older Adults

Gadahad,

Joshi

2024

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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Smart Home Devices for Supporting Older Adults: A Systematic Review

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Smart home devices have great potential for supporting older adults' health, safety, and independent living. Past reviews have identified only a few studies on the use of smart home devices for older adults and reported low technology readiness levels for the devices. This article presents a systematic literature review to identify the devices that have been used in studies with older adults, the setting in which those devices have been tested, the evaluation methods of the existing user studies, and the limitations.[Method] ACM DL, Scopus, PubMed, and IEEE Xplore were searched for a set of different keywords that included smart home sensors and older adults. The search was limited to "past ten years" (from the search date). Articles written in English that included user studies evaluating smart home devices with older adults were included. PRISMA guidelines were followed. [Results] 3847 unique articles were identified, 48 of which were included in the review. The articles represented research from a large range of countries. The majority of the studies evaluated the devices in participants' homes, followed by research lab settings. A few articles used other settings such as care centres and hospitals. The studies mainly evaluated the performance of the systems, followed by users' evaluations, such as perceptions and acceptance. Many studies had longterm interactions (more than a month). [Conclusion] there are still limited studies on the impact and benefits of smart home devices on older adults' quality of life, health, or well-being. Future studies are needed to better understand these benefits. INDEX TERMSSmart homes, older adults, smart home devices, systematic review, research gaps I. INTRODUCTION

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Examining Identity as a Variable of Health Technology Research for Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Cited by 14 publications

References 200 publications

Involving Older People With Frailty or Impairment in the Design Process of Digital Health Technologies to Enable Aging in Place: Scoping Review

Involving Older People With Frailty or Impairment in the Design Process of Digital Health Technologies to Enable Aging in Place: Scoping Review

“So, Should I Walk Today or Not?” Understanding Concerns and Queries on Health and Fitness Among Indian Older Adults

Smart Home Devices for Supporting Older Adults: A Systematic Review

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