Lowndes Ashley M, Connelly Denise M
Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Department, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Digit Health. 2023 Apr 6;9:20552076231167004. doi: 10.1177/20552076231167004. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
This study aimed to (1) explore older adult user experiences navigating an online health database of local physical activity programs; (2) compare navigational feedback with age-friendly website design guidelines; (3) assess online database completeness.
Focus groups, including guided tasks and a semi-structured interview script, gathered navigational user experiences of fifteen older adults. A review of the literature sought age-friendly best practice website design guidelines and a website search for local physical activity programs was completed.
The design of the online database website was challenging for older adult participants to navigate and was not 'intuitive'. Based on focus group feedback, there were multiple discrepancies between the evaluated online database and the established guidelines for designing age-friendly websites. A total of 187 physical activity programs were missing from the database.
Findings provide novel insight into user experiences of older adults navigating online health and physical activity program sites. Redesigning the following age-friendly website recommendations would empower older adults in the use of online databases and promote awareness of local physical activity programs. Health care providers need reliable and age-friendly online resources to link their patients with local physical activity programs to promote healthy aging.
本研究旨在(1)探索老年人使用本地体育活动项目在线健康数据库的体验;(2)将导航反馈与适老化网站设计指南进行比较;(3)评估在线数据库的完整性。
焦点小组,包括引导任务和半结构化访谈脚本,收集了15名老年人的导航用户体验。文献综述寻找适老化最佳实践网站设计指南,并完成了对本地体育活动项目的网站搜索。
在线数据库网站的设计对老年参与者来说具有挑战性,并不“直观”。根据焦点小组的反馈,评估的在线数据库与既定的适老化网站设计指南之间存在多处差异。数据库总共缺少187个体育活动项目。
研究结果为老年人浏览在线健康和体育活动项目网站的用户体验提供了新的见解。重新设计以下适老化网站建议将使老年人能够更好地使用在线数据库,并提高对本地体育活动项目的认识。医疗保健提供者需要可靠且适老化的在线资源,以便将患者与本地体育活动项目联系起来,促进健康老龄化。