Virtual Healthcare for Older Adults With Preventable Chronic Conditions: A Meta-synthesis of Quality Aspects.

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Applied Gerontology Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-12 DOI:10.1177/07334648241296791

Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Harry James Gaffney, Shruti Jindal, Mahua Patra, Raghavendra Gudur, Sabrina Pit, Aziz Rahman

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Abstract

Our study employed a six-step meta-synthesis approach to understand quality aspects of virtual healthcare trajectories and identify effective strategies for older adults with preventable chronic conditions across the world. Review of twenty-one articles revealed four key themes: functionality of virtual healthcare, equity in service delivery, satisfaction with care, and cost-effectiveness. Despite the challenges posed by technological and clinical complexities, virtual healthcare initiatives have significantly improved accessibility and availability of health services, thereby reducing disparities. Notably, telehealth saved an average of 166-minutes of travel time, demonstrating a clear benefit of virtual healthcare. While all parties expressed satisfaction with virtual healthcare, several challenges were reported, including a digital divide, limited access to digital devices, absence of a multidisciplinary approach, and lack of rural-specific programs.

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为患有可预防慢性疾病的老年人提供虚拟医疗服务：质量方面的元综合。

我们的研究采用了六步元综合法，以了解虚拟医疗轨迹的质量方面，并确定针对全球患有可预防慢性病的老年人的有效策略。对 21 篇文章的审查揭示了四个关键主题：虚拟医疗保健的功能性、服务提供的公平性、护理满意度和成本效益。尽管技术和临床复杂性带来了挑战，但虚拟医疗保健措施大大提高了医疗服务的可及性和可用性，从而缩小了差距。值得注意的是，远程医疗平均节省了 166 分钟的旅行时间，显示了虚拟医疗的明显优势。虽然各方都对虚拟医疗保健表示满意，但也报告了一些挑战，包括数字鸿沟、获得数字设备的途径有限、缺乏多学科方法以及缺乏针对农村的计划。

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Journal of Applied Gerontology GERONTOLOGY-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

13.30%

发文量

202

期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.