Lu Sheng-Chieh, Wen Tzu-Ning, Chang Po-Lun
En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;245:161-165.
This study aimed at developing an assessment of smartphone usage competence and constructing a training program for the elderly. A list of smartphone usage competencies with 34 items was defined through expert survey and panel. Based on the competence and previous literature, a training program and learning aids were designed in this study. There were 41 participants in our program. The results of self-administrated smartphone usage ability questionnaire indicated that all competencies were significantly improved after training. However, the results also demonstrated that some items were still difficult for the elderly to comprehend. Overall, this study provided a first exploration of defining smartphone usage competency and built a training program for the elderly. With strong suggestion, future mobile health (mHealth) services can follow this study to insure the smartphone usage ability of the elderly.
本研究旨在开发一项针对智能手机使用能力的评估，并为老年人构建一个培训项目。通过专家调查和小组讨论确定了一份包含34项内容的智能手机使用能力清单。基于这些能力以及先前的文献，本研究设计了一个培训项目和学习辅助工具。我们的项目中有41名参与者。自我管理的智能手机使用能力问卷结果表明，所有能力在培训后都有显著提高。然而，结果也显示一些项目对老年人来说仍然难以理解。总体而言，本研究首次探索了定义智能手机使用能力，并为老年人构建了一个培训项目。强烈建议未来的移动健康（mHealth）服务可以遵循本研究，以确保老年人的智能手机使用能力。
