Associations Among Family Care, Digital Health Technology Anxiety, and Escort Service Selection in Elderly Patients with Chronic Conditions
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Family support reduces elderly patients' technology anxiety and their need for escort services. Social norms significantly influence technology acceptance in healthcare settings.
Area Of Science
- Gerontology
- Digital Health
- Health Psychology
Background
- Aging populations and chronic diseases present global healthcare challenges.
- Digital health offers solutions but faces adoption barriers like technology anxiety in elderly patients.
- Limited research exists on elderly patients' emotional responses to technology-assisted care, especially concerning family support and escort services.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the relationship between family care, technology anxiety, and willingness for escort services among elderly chronic disease patients.
- To examine the mediating role of escort service willingness in the relationship between family care and technology anxiety.
- To identify factors influencing technology acceptance in elderly patients within digital health contexts.
Main Methods
- A cross-sectional study involving 241 elderly patients with chronic diseases across five hospitals in Sichuan Province.
- Validated scales were used to measure family function (APGAR), technology anxiety, and willingness for escort services.
- Data analysis employed SPSS PROCESS macro and Bootstrap methods to assess mediating effects.
Main Results
- Family care demonstrated a negative correlation with technology anxiety.
- Technology anxiety showed a positive correlation with willingness for escort services.
- Family care was negatively correlated with willingness for escort services, with "subjective norms" mediating 40.37% of the effect between family care and technology anxiety.
Conclusions
- Family care plays a crucial dual role in mitigating technology anxiety and reducing the need for escort services.
- The findings underscore the significant impact of social networks, particularly "subjective norms," on elderly patients' acceptance of digital health technologies.
- Interventions aimed at enhancing family support and leveraging social networks may improve technology adoption among older adults in healthcare.
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