LIFANA - 致力于开发一个餐饮推系统,作为老年人的饮食支持应用程序
Torsten Bohn1, Krizia Ferrini2, Christoph Stahl3
1Nutrition and Health Research Group, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.
概括
为老年用户设计的LIFANA移动营养应用程序显示了与现有工具相比的用户友好性. 需要进一步的个性化和功能,如在线购物集成,以促进这种饮食餐饮计划解决方案的采用.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 现有的eHealth/mHealth饮食解决方案往往无法满足老年人的特定需求和当地饮食习惯.
- 老年人群正在增长,并且是一个数字素养有限的弱势群体,突出显示了对定制数字健康工具的需求.
- LIFANA项目解决了这一缺口,开发了一个移动营养应用程序,为老年人提供个性化的餐饮计划.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一款移动营养应用程序 (LIFANA),用于老年人个性化的饮食计划.
- 确保该应用程序考虑了葡萄牙和荷兰的个人营养需求 (卡路里,蛋白质),偏好,限制,预算和当地饮食文化.
- 评估应用程序的接受度,可用性和对老年用户的人类测量和血压的影响.
主要方法:
- LIFANA应用程序是代开发的,用户集成,包括焦点小组和可用性评估.
- 它包含了300多种配方,与国家食品成分数据库保持一致,用于营养分析.
- 实地试验在葡萄牙 (n=53,14个月) 和荷兰 (n=107,3个月) 进行,参与者年龄在52-86岁之间.
主要成果:
- 在34名参与者中,共有23人完成了试验.
- 在人体测量或血压方面没有发现显著变化.
- 用户接受度有所不同,在葡萄牙的47%,在荷兰的9%,表示如果应用程序可用,他们将考虑使用该应用程序.
结论:
- 通过代过程开发的LIFANA应用程序显示了与现有工具相比的用户友好性,并在研究期间保持了稳定的健康标志物.
- 尽管有积极的可用性发现,但用户采用仍然是一个挑战,这表明需要增强功能.
- 整合诸如在线购物链接和个性化后续等功能可以显著提高应用程序的可用性和老年人接受度.
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