Buck Harleah, Pinter Anthony, Poole Erika, Boehmer John, Foy Andrew, Black Sara, Lloyd Tom
University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC22, Tampa, FL 33612-4766, USA.
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Geriatr Nurs. 2017 Nov-Dec;38(6):537-541. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.04.001. Epub 2017 May 26.
The goals of gerontechnology are to develop technology that facilitates goal attainment and improves satisfaction with life for older adults. Few mHealth technology systems have been evaluated using these criteria. The purpose of this paper was to present the qualitative analysis of participant post-intervention interviews from the tablet-delivered Penn State Heart Assistant intervention. Semi-structured interviews (n = 12) were conducted after the completion of a 30 day study protocol. Interviews were transcribed verbatim by a professional transcriptionist, then analyzed using an iterative process of coding, categorization, and thematic development using DeDoose software and a gerontechnology interpretive lens. Two themes with six subthemes arose: Benefits - information sharing with others, usability and learnability, use of help resources; Suggestions - continuing use after the study, technical problems, participant suggested improvements. Interviews suggested improved goal attainment and satisfaction with life for the older adults with use of the tablet.
老年技术的目标是开发便于老年人实现目标并提高其生活满意度的技术。很少有移动健康技术系统依据这些标准进行评估。本文旨在对通过平板电脑提供的宾夕法尼亚州立大学心脏辅助干预措施中参与者干预后访谈进行定性分析。在完成30天的研究方案后，进行了半结构化访谈（n = 12）。访谈由专业转录员逐字转录，然后使用DeDoose软件和老年技术解释视角，通过编码、分类和主题发展的迭代过程进行分析。出现了两个主题及六个子主题：益处——与他人信息共享、可用性和可学习性、帮助资源的使用；建议——研究结束后继续使用、技术问题、参与者提出的改进建议。访谈表明，使用平板电脑可提高老年人的目标实现程度和生活满意度。
