Böttinger Melissa Johanna, Bauer Jürgen M, Gordt-Oesterwind Katharina, Litz Elena, Jansen Carl-Philipp, Becker Clemens
Unit Digitale Geriatrie, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
Geriatrisches Zentrum, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2022 Aug;55(5):368-375. doi: 10.1007/s00391-022-02088-6. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
Digital health apps have a large potential for autonomous screening and monitoring of older people with respect to maintaining their independence. Due to demographic change and the shortage of specialized personnel in medicine, these premedical self-assessment apps could be of great value in the future.
This narrative review enables the assessment of whether a digital geriatric self-assessment for older people ≥ 70 years is feasible using currently available apps.
A search was carried out for apps that enable a self-assessment in the following domains: physical capacity, cognition, emotion, nutrition, sensory perception and context factors. Based on predefined criteria apps were selected and presented.
Self-assessment apps could be identified in four of the six domains: physical capacity, cognition, emotion and sensory perception. In total five apps are presented as examples. No apps were identified regarding nutrition and context factors. Numerous self-assessment apps were identified for the field of physical activity.
The presented results indicate that digital self-assessment can currently be realized for certain domains of the comprehensive geriatric assessment. New promising apps are currently under development. More research is needed to verify test quality criteria and usability of available apps. Furthermore, there is a need for a platform that integrates individual assessment apps to provide users with an overview of the results and recommendations.
数字健康应用程序在自主筛查和监测老年人以维持其独立性方面具有巨大潜力。由于人口结构变化和医学专业人员短缺，这些医学前自我评估应用程序在未来可能具有巨大价值。
本叙述性综述旨在评估使用现有应用程序对70岁及以上老年人进行数字老年自我评估是否可行。
搜索能够在以下领域进行自我评估的应用程序：身体能力、认知、情绪、营养、感官知觉和背景因素。根据预定义标准选择并展示应用程序。
在六个领域中的四个领域可找到自我评估应用程序：身体能力、认知、情绪和感官知觉。总共展示了五个应用程序作为示例。未找到关于营养和背景因素的应用程序。在体育活动领域发现了许多自我评估应用程序。
呈现的结果表明，目前可以在综合老年评估的某些领域实现数字自我评估。目前正在开发新的有前景的应用程序。需要更多研究来验证现有应用程序的测试质量标准和可用性。此外，需要一个整合个人评估应用程序的平台，为用户提供结果和建议的概述。
