Personal Health Information Management Among Older Adults: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults face growing health care needs and could potentially benefit from personal health information management (PHIM) and PHIM technology. To ensure effective PHIM and to provide supportive tools, it is crucial to investigate the needs, challenges, processes, and tools used by this subpopulation. The literature on PHIM by older adults, however, remains scattered and has not provided a clear picture of what we know about the elements that play a role in older adults' PHIM.

Objective

The goal of our review was to provide a comprehensive overview of extant knowledge on PHIM by older adults, establish the status quo of research on this topic, and identify research gaps.

Methods

We carried out a scoping review of the literature from 1998 to 2020, which fo

SUBMITTER: Kolotylo-Kulkarni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218209 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature