Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Australian Aged Care Technologies Collaborative, Griffith University, Brisbane, qld, Australia.
Contemp Nurse. 2023 Aug-Oct;59(4-5):311-322. doi: 10.1080/10376178.2023.2242978. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
The study's aim was two-fold: (1) to explore the experiences and perceptions of industry, academic, and research professionals concerning technologies used within aged care; and (2) to identify needs-led priorities for the future development and application of technologies within aged care.
Global population ageing requires a recalibration of aged care policies, systems, and services to promote and support healthy ageing. It is expected that technology will play an important role in this regard. This study qualitatively assessed the landscape of technology use in aged care from the perspective of industry, academic, and research professionals.
A purposefully designed cross-sectional survey collecting experiences, perspectives, and barriers about technology through open responses.
Using convenience sampling, thirty-five participants completed an online survey between April and October 2020. A descriptive qualitative content analysis approach was used to analyse the written responses. Reporting of findings followed the EQUATOR's Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist.
Four themes were identified that characterised the use of technologies within aged care: (1) User Perceptions and Attitudes: wariness and reluctance to technology; (2) Systemic Issues within Aged Care: Under-resourced with opportunities for innovation; (3) Technology-Related Barriers: Equity, costs, privacy, integration, and interoperability and (4) Research Priorities: Co-design and integration of technology.
The existing technology does not meet the needs of older people, aged care personnel and the system in general, which prevents its successful implementation and uptake.
本研究旨在实现两个目标：（1）探讨行业、学术和研究专业人员对在老年护理中使用的技术的经验和看法；（2）确定未来在老年护理中开发和应用技术的以需求为导向的优先事项。
全球人口老龄化要求重新调整老年护理政策、系统和服务，以促进和支持健康老龄化。预计技术将在这方面发挥重要作用。本研究从行业、学术和研究专业人员的角度定性评估了老年护理中技术使用的现状。
一项旨在通过开放式回复收集关于技术的经验、观点和障碍的有针对性的横断面调查。
使用便利抽样法，35 名参与者于 2020 年 4 月至 10 月期间完成了在线调查。采用描述性定性内容分析方法对书面回复进行分析。研究结果的报告遵循 EQUATOR 报告定性研究标准检查表。
确定了四个主题，这些主题描述了在老年护理中使用技术的特点：（1）用户的看法和态度：对技术持谨慎和不情愿的态度；（2）老年护理系统内的系统性问题：资源不足，有创新机会；（3）与技术相关的障碍：公平性、成本、隐私、集成和互操作性；（4）研究优先事项：技术的共同设计和集成。
现有的技术不符合老年人、老年护理人员和整个系统的需求，这阻碍了其成功实施和采用。
