Curtis Katherine, Price Kyle
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Nurs Older People. 2017 Nov 30;29(10):27-30. doi: 10.7748/nop.2017.e986.
Digital health technology (DHT) encompasses a wide range of applications and interventions with the potential to address the health needs of an increasingly ageing population. Older people's engagement with DHT depends on many factors, and this article summarises understanding of the barriers and facilitators to DHT uptake and continued use among older people. Older people's confidence in using digital technology, their perceptions of personal benefit from DHT, its design, and the support they receive from health professionals and carers in using DHT all affect their level of engagement. Understanding these barriers and facilitators among the older population creates ways to enable greater numbers to benefit from DHT. This article provides information for those who work with, or design digital health interventions for, older people to help them to influence older people's engagement with these rapidly evolving healthcare innovations.
数字健康技术（DHT）涵盖了广泛的应用和干预措施，有潜力满足日益老龄化人口的健康需求。老年人对数字健康技术的参与取决于多种因素，本文总结了对老年人采用和持续使用数字健康技术的障碍及促进因素的理解。老年人使用数字技术的信心、他们对数字健康技术个人益处的认知、其设计以及他们在使用数字健康技术时从健康专业人员和护理人员那里获得的支持，都会影响他们的参与程度。了解老年人群体中的这些障碍和促进因素，能创造出让更多人从数字健康技术中受益的方法。本文为那些与老年人合作或为老年人设计数字健康干预措施的人提供信息，以帮助他们影响老年人对这些快速发展的医疗创新的参与度。
