基于技术的年龄主义与使用数字技术在老年人物理治疗中的关联
Cynthia Neiertz1, Eveline J M Wouters1,2, Ittay Mannheim1,2,3
1School of Allied Health Professions, Fontys University of Applied Science, 5631 BN Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 13, 2023
概括
对使用技术的老年人持负面态度的物理治疗师拒绝使用技术治疗的可能性是两倍. 解决医疗保健中的年龄歧视对于确保老年人获得最佳,技术增强的护理至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 数字健康数字健康
- 医疗保健 专业人士的态度 态度
背景情况:
- 数字技术为老年人的独立性和生活质量提供了显著的好处.
- 医疗保健专业人员之间的年龄歧视可能会对老年患者的治疗决策产生负面影响.
- 技术特异性年龄歧视对物理治疗师为老年人提供基于技术的医疗保健的影响仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查技术特异性年龄歧视是否影响物理治疗师为老年患者提供基于技术的医疗保健的决定.
- 检查物理治疗师对使用技术的老年人的态度与他们的治疗提供之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在卢森堡对78名理疗师进行了在线调查.
- 参与者完成了对使用技术的老年人态度 (ATOAUT-11) 量表,对老龄化的期望量表以及关于他们在工作场所对技术的态度的问题.
- 使用后勤回归分析来确定因患者年龄而不能提供基于技术的治疗的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 在ATOAUT-11尺度上的负分数是一个显著的预测指标,负面态度的标准偏差增加1倍,使得不提供基于技术的治疗的可能性增加了一倍.
- 对在工作环境中使用技术的积极态度也显著预测了治疗决策.
- 物理治疗师的人口统计数据,如性别,年龄,经验和老年患者接受治疗的比例,并不是显著的预测因素.
结论:
- 物理治疗师之间的技术特异性年龄歧视可能导致歧视性做法,可能会拒绝老年人获得有益的基于技术的治疗方法.
- 这些发现凸显了对技术辅助医疗保健中年龄歧视的普遍性以及针对性干预措施的发展需要进一步的研究.
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