Navigating Through Innovation in Elderly's Health: A Scoping Review of Digital Health Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Comprehensively map and summarize digital health initiatives for the elderly and caregivers.

Methods

Scoping review between April and May 2022 based on Joanna Briggs methodology. Databases used included PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus, and Web of Science, along with grey literature and hand searches. Two reviewers independently conducted screening and eligibility phases, with a third resolving disagreements. Data were thematically analyzed.

Results

The review included 421 documents. Most documents were published between 2013 and 2022, with a recent increase. Most studies, originating from high-income countries, focused on home applications and were mainly in the testing and validation stages. Telephones and computers were the predominant devices. Heal

SUBMITTER: Hirmas-Adauy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693459 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature