Clinical Psychology Service, Health Department, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013 Foggia, Italy.
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Dec 27;22(1):163. doi: 10.3390/s22010163.
The Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing (PHArA-ON) project aimsto ensure reality smart and active living for Europe's ageing population by creating a set of integrated and highly customizable interoperable open platforms with advanced services, devices, and technologies and tools. The aim of the present study was to determine the needs and preferences of older people and their caregivers for improving healthy and active aging and guiding the technological development of thePHArA-ON system.
A pre-structured interview was administered to older adults, informal caregivers and professional caregivers (including social operators) taking part in the piloting sessions.
Interviews were carried out in Umana Persone Social Enterprise R&D Network (UP) in Tuscany, and Ospedale Casa SollievodellaSofferenza (CSS) in Apulia. A total of 22 older adults, 22 informal caregivers, 13 professional caregivers and 4 social operators were recruited. A prioritization analysis of services, according to the stakeholder's needs, has determined two fundamental need categories: Heath Management (i.e., stimulation and monitoring), and Socialisation (i.e., promoting social inclusion).
The main scientific contributions to this study are the following: to design and evaluate technology in the context of healthy and active ageing, to acquire relevant knowledge on user needs to develop technologies that can handle the real life situations of older people, obtain useful insights about the attitude and availability of end-users in using technologies in clinical practice, and to provide important guidelines to improve the PHArA-ON system. Specific experimentation stages were also carried out to understand which kind of technology is more acceptable, and to obtain feedback regarding the development priority related to the impact of the proposed services. Research through fruitful and continuous interaction with the different subjects involved in the development process of the system, as well as with stakeholders, enabled the implementation of a platform which could be further and easily integrated and improved.
飞行员健康和积极老龄化（PHArA-ON）项目旨在通过创建一套集成的、高度可定制的互操作开放平台，结合先进的服务、设备和技术以及工具，确保欧洲老龄化人口的现实智能和积极生活。本研究的目的是确定老年人及其护理人员对改善健康和积极老龄化的需求和偏好，并指导 PHArA-ON 系统的技术发展。
对参与试点项目的老年人、非正式护理人员和专业护理人员（包括社会运营商）进行了预结构化访谈。
在托斯卡纳的 Umana Persone 社会企业研发网络（UP）和普利亚的 Ospedale Casa SollievodellaSofferenza（CSS）进行了访谈。共招募了 22 名老年人、22 名非正式护理人员、13 名专业护理人员和 4 名社会运营商。根据利益相关者的需求，对服务进行了优先级分析，确定了两个基本需求类别：健康管理（即刺激和监测）和社交（即促进社会包容）。
本研究的主要科学贡献如下：在健康和积极老龄化的背景下设计和评估技术，获取关于用户需求的相关知识，开发能够处理老年人实际生活情况的技术，了解终端用户在临床实践中使用技术的态度和可用性方面的有用见解，并提供重要的指导方针来改进 PHArA-ON 系统。还进行了具体的实验阶段，以了解哪种技术更受欢迎，并获得有关拟议服务开发优先级的反馈。通过与系统开发过程中涉及的不同主体以及利益相关者进行富有成效和持续的互动进行研究，实现了一个可以进一步轻松集成和改进的平台。
