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Abstract
Gerontechnology as multidisciplinary research has expanded in recent years due to its significant role in ensuring better care and improved quality of life for older adults and their caregivers. With a substantial increase in studies on reasons behind less inclination of older individuals to accept gerontechnology, barriers to its non-acceptance appear to be persistent. In addition, there is a dearth of research on the adoption of gerontechnology from the perspectives of social caregivers, given that caregivers bear a substantial burden in the form of chronic stress, which adversely affects their health and that of older people. Therefore, the aim of this study is to present a holistic perspective of older adults and their caregivers by systematically reviewing literature on gerontechnology acceptance. Adopting the preferred reported items for systematic and meta-analysis (PRISMA) framework, publications specifically on gerontechnology from 2002 to 2022 in Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed, that focused on older people (50 years and above) and caregivers (informal and formal) were reviewed. We critically evaluated 25 publications and synthesised them thematically. The results highlight that gerontechnology acceptance by older adults and their social caregivers is highly contingent on certain personal, physical, socio-cultural and technological indicators. However, this paper concludes that a generalised policy approach for gerontechnology and a better quality of life may be ineffective, considering that older adults and social caregivers constitute two heterogeneous groups.
近年来，老年技术作为多学科研究得到了扩展，因为它在确保老年人及其照顾者获得更好的护理和提高生活质量方面发挥了重要作用。随着对老年人不太愿意接受老年技术背后原因的研究大幅增加，不接受老年技术的障碍似乎是持久的。此外，由于照顾者以慢性压力的形式承担着巨大的负担，对他们自己和老年人的健康产生不利影响，因此缺乏从社会照顾者的角度对采用老年技术进行的研究。因此，本研究的目的是通过系统地回顾有关老年技术接受的文献，以呈现老年人及其照顾者的整体观点。采用首选报告项目进行系统和荟萃分析(PRISMA)框架，对2002年至2022年在Scopus、Web of Science和PubMed上发表的专门针对老年人(50岁及以上)和护理人员(非正式和正式)的老年科技出版物进行了审查。我们对25份出版物进行了批判性评估，并按主题进行了综合。研究结果强调，老年人及其社会照顾者对老年技术的接受程度在很大程度上取决于某些个人、身体、社会文化和技术指标。然而，本文的结论是，考虑到老年人和社会照顾者构成两个异质群体，老年人技术和更好的生活质量的一般政策方法可能是无效的。
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The European Journal of Ageing: Social, Behavioural and Health Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the understanding of ageing in European societies and the world over.
EJA publishes original articles on the social, behavioral and population health aspects of ageing and encourages an integrated approach between these aspects.
Emphasis is put on publishing empirical research (including meta-analyses), but conceptual papers (including narrative reviews) and methodological contributions will also be considered.
EJA welcomes expert opinions on critical issues in ageing.
By stimulating communication between researchers and those using research findings, it aims to contribute to the formulation of better policies and the development of better practice in serving older adults.
To further specify, with the term ''social'' is meant the full scope of social science of ageing related research from the micro to the macro level of analysis. With the term ''behavioural'' the full scope of psychological ageing research including life span approaches based on a range of age groups from young to old is envisaged. The term ''population health-related'' denotes social-epidemiological and public health oriented research including research on functional health in the widest possible sense.
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