Black Deborah A, O'Loughlin Kate, Wilson Leigh A
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2018 Jun;37(2):99-106. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12522. Epub 2018 Apr 19.
Due to the impact of climate change, mobile applications (apps) providing information about the external environment have the potential to improve the health of older people. The purpose of this research was to undertake a scoping review of the evidence on the usability, feasibility and effectiveness of mobile apps to encourage access to activities outside the home in older people.
A search of databases was undertaken with relevant keywords. Selected manuscripts were judged for relevance to the inclusion criteria and assessed for quality.
Very few published studies examined mobile apps specifically designed to prevent, or to treat, chronic disease in ageing populations, and fewer had rigorous designs. No study addressed accessing the external environment in the context of climate change.
This study demonstrates that there is a gap in the evidence about the mobile apps designed for healthy ageing and, more specifically, to improve access to the external environment.
由于气候变化的影响,提供外部环境信息的移动应用程序(应用)有改善老年人健康状况的潜力。本研究的目的是对移动应用程序在鼓励老年人外出活动方面的可用性、可行性和有效性的证据进行范围综述。
使用相关关键词对数据库进行检索。所选手稿根据与纳入标准的相关性进行判断,并评估质量。
很少有已发表的研究考察专门为预防或治疗老年人群慢性病而设计的移动应用程序,且采用严格设计的更少。没有研究涉及在气候变化背景下接触外部环境的问题。
本研究表明,在为健康老龄化,尤其是为改善接触外部环境机会而设计的移动应用程序方面,证据存在缺口。