在COVID-19大流行期间,参与一项随机对照试验的抑郁老年人中,对基于技术的互动的看法进行比较
Alice K Xie1, Mingyue Ma2, Camryn Dixon3
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, WACC 815, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Journal of general internal medicine
|August 7, 2025
概括
在大流行期间,老年人面临着社会隔离,技术提供了混合的结果. 少数群体中的老年人经历了更大的技术访问和技能障碍,影响了社会参与.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情加剧了老年人的社会隔离和情绪困扰.
- 基于技术的互动取代了面对面的联系,但访问和感知各不相同.
- 报告指出,老年人在技术获取和使用方面存在不平等现象,特别是在不同种族和收入群体中.
研究的目的:
- 探索和比较社会隔离和技术适应的经验.
- 在疫情期间调查低收入白人和少数民族老年人之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 从随机对照试验中分析半结构面试.
- 包括低收入白人和少数民族老年人患有抑郁症.
- 对67份采访成绩单进行了感应性主题分析.
主要成果:
- 老年人认识到技术的重要性,但持有不同的观点.
- 少数民族的老年人报告了更多的社交网络中断,并在技术和技能方面面临更大的障碍.
- 视频交互往往被认为是低质量的,减少了社会参与,尽管一些人承认方便.
结论:
- 技术干预需要解决服务不足的老年人群的设备访问和数字素养问题.
- 需要进一步的研究,才能充分了解技术在不同老年人群体的社会参与中所带来的好处和缺点.
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