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Older adults' acceptance of a community-based telehealth wellness system.
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Demiris, George Thompson, Hilaire Boquet, Jaime Le, Thai Chaudhuri, Shomir Chung, Jane |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | The development of ongoing assessment tools to monitor older adult health and wellness can support improved quality of life and independence. These technologies have often been employed within private residences. Our work describes a telehealth kiosk system implemented within a community setting, which reduces the costs of installing and maintaining individual systems. Though user acceptance of telehealth systems has been studied within the context of home residences, this has yet to be addressed for community-based systems. Older adults in a retirement community were recruited to use a telehealth system including assessment of vital signs and cognitive performance. With a series of focus groups (N = 12, average age 79.3 years), we examined user perceptions of the telehealth kiosk, addressing issues of usability, effectiveness and privacy. Older adults were favorable towards the collection of health monitoring information, recognizing the utility of these data sources. There were issues of usability, especially regarding ergonomics of the telehealth kiosk. We found no concerns over privacy, with some participants expressing increased preference for the social interactions afforded through the community setting. Understanding the social, technical and human factors involved with a community-based telehealth system can inform the design of cost-effective health monitoring systems. |
| Related Links | http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4062541?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4062541/pdf |
| Ending Page | 36 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 27 |
| ISSN | 17538157 |
| e-ISSN | 17538165 |
| DOI | 10.3109/17538157.2011.647938 |
| Journal | Informatics for Health and Social Care |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 38 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2012-05-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Informatics for Health and Social Care Medical Informatics Telehealth Older Adults Wellness Community Health |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health Information Management Nursing Health Informatics |
