Development and evaluation of online medication support tools for older people: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Success of online medication support tools is contingent on how well they are designed and address the needs of users, especially older people.

Objective

To characterise existing online medication support tools for older people and describe their development and evaluation.

Methods

This systematic review was undertaken following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Five electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched from inception to October 2024 for studies describing the development and/or evaluation of online medication support tools for older people aged ≥65 years, or their informal caregivers. The mixed-methods appraisal tool was used for quality assessment. Extracted da

SUBMITTER: Afolabi TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535762 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature