Andrew Thomas Reyes, Dion Candelaria, Reimund Serafica, Janett A Hildebrand, Marysol Cacciata, Axel Santa Maria, Jung-Ah Lee, Anna Strömberg, Lorraine S Evangelista
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Abstract
Purpose: New research shows the benefits of mobile health (mHealth) interventions for older adults. However, older adults adopt digital technology less than younger ones. This study measures the task effectiveness, perceived usability, and acceptability of a mHealth intervention (i.e., Get FIT +) consisting of a wearable activity tracker, access to the MyFitnessPal app, and personalized text messages to promote healthy behaviors in older adults.
Methods: Participants used the Get FIT + intervention for 12 weeks and engaged in monthly clinic visits with an advanced practice nurse (APRN) to monitor their progress. The monthly sessions instructed them to use the think-aloud process while doing specific tasks (e.g., using the app). Participants also completed the USABILITY Survey and provided feedback on the intervention's acceptability after the 12-week trial.
Results: Thirty older adults (mean age 66.6 ± 5.9 years, 60% female, 60% married, 50% Asian, 37% White, and 13% Hispanic) participated in this sub-analysis. Participants were able to complete the assigned tasks efficiently. The usability satisfaction assessment suggests a high level of satisfaction. The participants responded positively to Get FIT + and successfully incorporated it into their routines.
Conclusions: Our findings show that Get FIT + technologies, including smartphones, smartphone-based applications, and integrated sensors, are practical, usable, and acceptable for older adults at risk for cardiovascular disease. These scalable, low-cost technologies offer methods to monitor and promote a healthy lifestyle and enhance overall well-being.
目的：新的研究显示了移动医疗（mHealth）干预措施对老年人的益处。然而，老年人比年轻人更少使用数字技术。本研究测量了移动健康干预（即Get FIT +）的任务有效性、感知可用性和可接受性，该干预包括可穿戴活动跟踪器、MyFitnessPal应用程序的访问和个性化短信，以促进老年人的健康行为。方法：参与者使用Get FIT +干预12周，并与高级执业护士（APRN）每月进行门诊访问，以监测其进展。每月的课程指导他们在做特定任务时（例如，使用应用程序）使用有声思维过程。参与者还完成了可用性调查，并在12周的试验后对干预的可接受性提供了反馈。结果：30名老年人（平均年龄66.6±5.9岁，60%为女性，60%为已婚，50%为亚洲人，37%为白人，13%为西班牙裔）参与了这一亚组分析。参与者能够有效地完成分配的任务。可用性满意度评估表明了高水平的满意度。参与者对Get FIT +反应积极，并成功地将其纳入日常生活中。结论：我们的研究结果表明，Get FIT +技术，包括智能手机、基于智能手机的应用程序和集成传感器，对于有心血管疾病风险的老年人来说是实用、可用和可接受的。这些可扩展的低成本技术提供了监测和促进健康生活方式并提高整体福祉的方法。
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Health and Technology is the first truly cross-disciplinary journal on issues related to health technologies addressing all professions relating to health, care and health technology.The journal constitutes an information platform connecting medical technology and informatics with the needs of care, health care professionals and patients. Thus, medical physicists and biomedical/clinical engineers are encouraged to write articles not only for their colleagues, but directed to all other groups of readers as well, and vice versa.By its nature, the journal presents and discusses hot subjects including but not limited to patient safety, patient empowerment, disease surveillance and management, e-health and issues concerning data security, privacy, reliability and management, data mining and knowledge exchange as well as health prevention. The journal also addresses the medical, financial, social, educational and safety aspects of health technologies as well as health technology assessment and management, including issues such security, efficacy, cost in comparison to the benefit, as well as social, legal and ethical implications.This journal is a communicative source for the health work force (physicians, nurses, medical physicists, clinical engineers, biomedical engineers, hospital engineers, etc.), the ministries of health, hospital management, self-employed doctors, health care providers and regulatory agencies, the medical technology industry, patients'' associations, universities (biomedical and clinical engineering, medical physics, medical informatics, biology, medicine and public health as well as health economics programs), research institutes and professional, scientific and technical organizations.Health and Technology is jointly published by Springer and the IUPESM (International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine) in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
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