A research tool for measuring non-participation of older people in research on digital health.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Healthcare services are being increasingly digitalised in European countries. However, in studies evaluating digital health technology, some people are less likely to participate than others, e.g. those who are older, those with a lower level of education and those with poorer digital skills. Such non-participation in research - deriving from the processes of non-recruitment of targeted individuals and self-selection - can be a driver of old-age exclusion from new digital health technologies. We aim to introduce, discuss and test an instrument to measure non-participation in digital health studies, in particular, the process of self-selection. METHODS:Based on a review of the relevant literature, we designed an instrument - the NPART survey questionnaire - for the analysis of se

SUBMITTER: Poli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842243 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature