Hamid Suraya, Faith Fatokun, Jaafar Zulkarnain, Abdul Ghani Norjihan, Yusop Farrah Dina
Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sports Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Iran J Public Health. 2023 Feb;52(2):230-242. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i2.11877.
Emerging technology research focusing on promoting healthy lifestyles for the middle-aged and elderly is paramount in recent literature. However, limited evidence is available for the middle-aged population. This paper reviews how emerging technologies can help in promoting a healthy lifestyle for the middle-aged and elderly.
A scoping literature review method was employed. Articles were extracted from online databases published within 2010-2021. Overall, 3,152 articles related to the topic were obtained and 2979 articles were archived via different search procedures. Moreover, 173 articles that met the inclusion criteria underwent qualitative synthesize for conclusive inferences.
Most studies focused on people aged 60 and up, leaving the middle-aged population under-studied and unprepared to age. Older adults have high technology anxiety and resistance to change. Limited studies are available to support technology-based healthy lifestyle promotion for middle-aged people. The emerging technologies that are useful in promoting healthy lifestyle behavior among middle-aged people include: robotics, virtual reality, wearables, artificial intelligence, smart textiles, as well as centralized health information systems.
This review sets as a pace-setter for future research on how emerging technologies can aid in the development of healthy lifestyles for the middle-aged and elderly population, allowing them to live a quality life as they age.
近期文献中，聚焦于促进中老年人健康生活方式的新兴技术研究至关重要。然而，针对中年人群的证据有限。本文综述了新兴技术如何有助于促进中老年人的健康生活方式。
采用了范围界定文献综述方法。文章从2010 - 2021年期间发表的在线数据库中提取。总体而言，共获得3152篇与该主题相关的文章，通过不同检索程序存档2979篇文章。此外，对173篇符合纳入标准的文章进行定性综合以得出结论性推论。
大多数研究聚焦于60岁及以上人群，导致中年人群研究不足且未做好应对老龄化的准备。老年人存在较高的技术焦虑和对变化的抵触情绪。支持基于技术促进中年人群健康生活方式的研究有限。对促进中年人群健康生活方式行为有用的新兴技术包括：机器人技术、虚拟现实、可穿戴设备、人工智能、智能纺织品以及集中式健康信息系统。
本综述为未来研究奠定了基础，该研究旨在探讨新兴技术如何助力中老年人发展健康生活方式，使他们在老龄化过程中过上有质量的生活。
