A Scoping Review of the Conceptual Differentiation of Technology for Healthy Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

With the emergence of healthy aging as a key societal issue in recent decades, technology has often been proposed as a solution to the challenges faced by aging societies. From a public health perspective, however, aging-related technologies have been inconsistently conceptualized and ill-defined. By examining how relevant concepts in "technology for aging" have been developed to date, we hope to identify gaps and begin clarifying the topic.

Research design and methods

We conducted a scoping review according to PRISMA-ScR, drawing on PubMed and Embase. We selected articles that directly reported concepts of technology for aging, or from which such concepts could be inferred.

Results

We identified 43 articles, most of which were narrative revi

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437509 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature