Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Medical Center, Leiden University, Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD Leiden, The Netherlands.
Medical Center-Campus The Hague, Leiden University, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DC The Hague, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 14;17(14):5052. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17145052.
In the iZi study in The Hague, use and acceptance of commercially available technology by home-dwelling older citizens was studied, by comparing self-efficacy and perceived physical and mental Quality of Life (QoL)-related parameters on an intervention location of 279 households and a control location of 301 households. Technology adoption was clinically significantly associated with increased perceived physical QoL, as compared with control group, depending on the number of technology interventions that were used. A higher number of adopted technologies was associated with a stronger effect on perceived QoL. We tried to establish a way to measure clinical significance by using mixed methods, combining quantitative and qualitative evaluation and feeding results and feedback of participants directly back into our intervention. In general, this research is promising, since it shows that successful and effective adoption of technology by older people is feasible with commercially available products amongst home-dwelling older citizens. We think this way of working provides a better integration of scientific methods and clinical usability but demands a lot of communication and patience of researchers, citizens, and policymakers. A change in policy on how to target people for this kind of intervention might be warranted.
在海牙的 iZi 研究中，通过比较 279 户干预地点和 301 户对照地点的自我效能感以及感知的身体和精神生活质量（QoL）相关参数，研究了居家老年公民对商业上可用技术的使用和接受情况。与对照组相比，技术采用与感知身体 QoL 的增加呈临床显著相关，这取决于所采用的技术干预数量。采用的技术数量越多，对感知 QoL 的影响就越强。我们试图通过使用混合方法来建立一种衡量临床意义的方法，结合定量和定性评估，并将参与者的结果和反馈直接反馈到我们的干预措施中。总的来说，这项研究很有前景，因为它表明，通过使用商业上可用的产品，老年人可以成功有效地采用技术。我们认为这种工作方式为科学方法和临床可用性的更好融合提供了机会，但需要研究人员、公民和政策制定者之间进行大量的沟通和耐心。也许需要改变针对此类干预措施的目标人群的政策。
