Department of Psychological Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.
Department of Health Sciences and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.
J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jan 12;24(1):e28113. doi: 10.2196/28113.
Older adults face a unique set of challenges and may experience a range of psychological comorbidities. Digital storytelling is an emerging tool for sharing and recording lived experiences and may have the potential to support well-being but is yet to be systematically reviewed for use among older adults.
The aim of this review is to examine the methods for creating digital stories, the health-related outcomes associated with creating digital stories, and the potential for implementing digital storytelling with older adults.
We systematically searched electronic databases to identify articles published in English that reported on at least one health-related outcome of digital storytelling for participants aged ≥60 years. Data were extracted and synthesized using qualitative content analysis and summarized in tables. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.
A total of 8 studies were included in the review. Participants were primarily community-dwelling older adults living with dementia, involving family caregivers and professional care staff. Studies have taken various approaches to digital storytelling and reported diverse benefits associated with digital storytelling, including improvements in mood, memory, social engagement, and quality of relationships. Although the potential for implementation was not widely examined, some studies have presented evidence for acceptability and feasibility. Generally, studies were of high quality, despite the absence of comparator groups and confounder analyses.
The evidence reviewed suggests that despite the various approaches taken, digital storytelling shows promise as an effective approach for supporting well-being in older adults.
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42019145922; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019145922.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.2196/15512.
老年人面临着一系列独特的挑战，可能会经历各种心理合并症。数字故事讲述是一种新兴的分享和记录生活经历的工具，可能对幸福感有支持作用，但尚未在老年人中进行系统评估。
本综述旨在考察数字故事创作的方法、与创作数字故事相关的健康结果，以及在老年人中实施数字故事讲述的潜力。
我们系统地搜索了电子数据库，以确定至少报告了一项与年龄在 60 岁及以上的参与者相关的健康结果的英文数字故事创作的文章。使用定性内容分析提取和综合数据，并在表格中进行总结。使用混合方法评估工具评估研究的方法学质量。
综述共纳入 8 项研究。参与者主要是居住在社区的患有痴呆症的老年患者，涉及家庭照顾者和专业护理人员。研究采用了各种数字故事讲述方法，并报告了数字故事讲述带来的多种益处，包括改善情绪、记忆、社交参与和人际关系质量。尽管尚未广泛研究实施的潜力，但一些研究提供了可接受性和可行性的证据。总体而言，尽管缺乏对照组和混杂因素分析，这些研究的质量仍然较高。
综述证据表明，尽管采用了各种方法，但数字故事讲述作为一种支持老年人幸福感的有效方法具有潜力。
PROSPERO 国际前瞻性系统评价注册库 CRD42019145922；https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019145922。
国际注册报告标识符（IRRID）：RR2-10.2196/15512。
