为老年人提供数字热预警系统
Mehak Oberai1, Zhiwei Xu1,2, Aaron Bach2,3
1School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
NPJ digital medicine
|February 19, 2025
概括
针对老年人的新型数字热预警系统显示出良好的可用性和更高的热准备能力. 需要进一步的试验来确认其在减少与热有关的健康风险方面的有效性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 极端高温事件对健康构成重大风险,其发生频率和严重程度越来越高.
- 有效的高温预警系统对于公共卫生至关重要,特别是对于老年人等弱势群体.
- 现有的系统往往缺乏个性化和实时的可操作数据.
研究的目的:
- 为老年人开发和测试个性化的实时数字热预警系统 (Ethos) 的可用性.
- 评估系统对热准备,风险感知和采用冷却措施的影响.
- 为了证明量身定制的,数字化的热健康管理方法的可行性.
主要方法:
- 一项概念验证研究涉及澳大利亚昆士兰州东南部的78名老年人 (≥65岁).
- 使用系统可用性尺度收集系统可用性的定量和定性数据.
- 干预前后评估热准备,风险感知和冷却措施的吸收.
主要成果:
- 埃索斯系统获得了高的可用性评分 (在系统可用性量表上平均为78分).
- 在使用系统后,观察到热准备度的统计学上显著增加 (P < 0.001).
- 没有发现热量对健康风险的感知或使用低成本冷却策略的显著变化.
结论:
- 对于老年人来说,Ethos个性化的数字热预警系统是可用的和可行的.
- 该系统显示了在这个人口群体中改善热准备的潜力.
- 需要进行进一步的强有力的试验,以评估该系统在缓解与热有关的健康结果方面的有效性.
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