Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 24;17(15):5335. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155335.
In this study, a scoping review method is used to review the distribution and trends in health promotion research and explore the use and contribution of eHealth technologies in health promotion in the elderly. The study includes six search databases: PubMed, CINAHL, the CochraneLibrary, EMBASE, PubPsych, and ERIC (EBSCOhost), and studies published from January 2015 to October 2019, written in English, were included and analyzed. The findings of the study reveal that the amount of literature on promoting health for the elderly has increased, and some specific types of interventions are still favored in current health promotion efforts for older adults. The most commonly used methods were found to be health promotion ( = 322), followed by screening ( = 264), primary prevention ( = 114), and finally social support ( = 72). Beyond the above interventions, eHealth technology is also used in health promotion activities to prevent the elderly from falling and to improve home safety, etc. However, although the application of eHealth technology has been applied in areas such as fall prevention, mental health promotion, and home security monitoring, it is still immature, and thus more rigorous research is needed in different areas, especially in older populations, various professions, women, and people with dementia.
本研究采用范围综述方法，回顾健康促进研究的分布和趋势，并探讨电子健康技术在老年人健康促进中的应用和贡献。研究纳入了六个检索数据库：PubMed、CINAHL、Cochrane Library、EMBASE、PubPsych 和 ERIC（EBSCOhost），并分析了 2015 年 1 月至 2019 年 10 月期间发表的英文文献。研究结果表明，关于促进老年人健康的文献数量有所增加，在当前针对老年人的健康促进工作中，一些特定类型的干预措施仍然受到青睐。最常用的方法是健康促进（=322），其次是筛查（=264）、初级预防（=114），最后是社会支持（=72）。除了上述干预措施外，电子健康技术也被应用于健康促进活动中，以防止老年人跌倒和提高家庭安全性等。然而，尽管电子健康技术的应用已应用于预防跌倒、促进心理健康和家庭安全监测等领域，但它仍不成熟，因此需要在不同领域进行更严格的研究，特别是在老年人群体、不同职业、女性和痴呆症患者中。
