E-Health interventions for healthy aging: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy aging (HA) is a contemporary challenge for population health worldwide. Electronic health (e-Health) interventions have the potential to support empowerment and education of adults aged 50 and over.

Objectives

To summarize evidence on the effectiveness of e-Health interventions on HA and explore how specific e-Health interventions and their characteristics effectively impact HA.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted based on the Cochrane Collaboration methods including any experimental study design published in French, Dutch, Spanish, and English from 2000 to 2018.

Results

Fourteen studies comparing various e-Health interventions to multiple components controls were included. The target population, type of interventions, and outcomes meas

SUBMITTER: Buyl R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271471 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature