What are the determinants of older people adopting communicative e-health services: a meta-ethnography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gradually, society has shifted more services online, with COVID-19 highlighting digital inequalities in access to services such as healthcare. Older adults can experience such digital inequalities, yet this group is also more likely to need medical appointments, compared to younger people. With the growing digitalisation of healthcare, it is increasingly important to understand how older people can best use communicative e-health services to interact with healthcare services. This is especially if older adults are to access, and actively interact with health professionals/clinicians due to their general health decline. This review aims to synthesise older adults' experiences and perceptions of communicative e-health services and, in turn, identify barriers and facilitato

SUBMITTER: Aslan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785477 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature