A5013448751- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health and Medical Studies
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Sharing Economy and Platforms
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg
2023-2024
University Hospital Heidelberg
2022
Heidelberg University
2022
To successfully use information and communication technologies (ICT) for aging processes, older adults need to have a variety of skills. This study examined whether volunteering is critical resource in dealing with the motives internet use, higher self-efficacy, lower obsolescence. For this purpose, distinction was made between who perform voluntary work ICT field, outside non-volunteers. In study, 331 (mean, 70 years; range, 60–90 39% female) participated an online questionnaire were...
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions for self-management are a promising way to meet the needs of patients with chronic diseases in primary care practices. Therefore, an mHealth intervention, TelePraCMan, was developed and evaluated type 2 diabetes mellitus, obstructive pulmonary disease, high blood pressure, or heart failure German setting. TelePraCMan entails symptom diary, appointment manager, manager document goals, warning system. The app should foster participating patients.We aimed...
Abstract Particularly for older adults with an increased risk of multimorbidity, digital health technologies can provide added value management. Successful use these requires appropriate skills. Key constructs are eHealth literacy and internet self-efficacy, which become particularly relevant in age. This study investigated the relationship between two multifactorial adults, as a dependent variable, focusing on mediating effect literacy, task-specific self-efficacy (i.e., contacting doctors...
Digitale Kompetenzen nehmen infolge einer voranschreitenden Mediatisierung aller Alters- und Lebensbereiche eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle für die soziale gesellschaftliche Teilhabe ein. Besonders ältere Generationen stehen hier vor grossen Herausforderungen, da sie durch ihre Medienbiografie andere Voraussetzungen kompetente Nutzung mit sich bringen. Unterstützung wird mittlerweile Vielzahl von formellen informellen Bildungsangeboten Erwachsene geboten, auf Stärkung digitaler abzielen. Um...
Einleitung Mittels digitaler Gesundheitsdienste kann aktives Gesundheitsmanagement vielfältig, flexibel und umfassend gestaltet werden. Für die bestmögliche Nutzung dieser Dienste stellen digitale Gesundheitskompetenzen Erfolgskriterien dar. Insbesondere für ältere Menschen mit erhöhtem Risiko Multimorbidität chronische Erkrankungen eröffnet sich damit Chance auf effektive Krankheitsprävention Gesundheitsförderung.