Nonparticipation in a Digital Health Intervention Study Among Older Adults: Uneven Involvement, Biased Outcomes, and the Effect of Weighting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The involvement of older adults in research on digital health is uneven with respect to, for example, age, gender, health status, and digital skills. However, little is known regarding the effect of the uneven involvement of older adults in digital health research on researched outcomes. This study helps to fill this knowledge gap, identifies the effects of uneven involvement of older adults in digital health research on researched outcomes, and also develops a correction for this.

Methods

Data are retrieved from a digital health intervention for postoperative monitoring of people who underwent day surgery in Sweden. Based on field information on the recruitment process and researched outcomes for the intervention, this study (i) tested intervention effects by usi

SUBMITTER: Poli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662210 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature