电子健康和加拿大老年人的数字沟:来自全国跨部门研究的见解
Mirou Jaana1, Haitham Tamim2, Guy Paré3
1Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada, 1 6135625800 ext 3400.
Journal of medical Internet research
|November 25, 2025
概括
加拿大老年人表现出高科技准备,但电子卫生应用程序使用率低,这表明数字沟. 解决这个差距对于健康公平和防止弱势老年人之间的差距至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 生命过程理论强调了个人选择,社会经济背景和决策能力之间的相互作用.
- 老年人面临着独特的社会和环境条件,影响技术采用和电子健康使用.
研究的目的:
- 为加拿大老年人提供电子健康应用程序使用情况的概述.
- 调查电子卫生使用与社会决定因素和卫生系统相互作用之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大对2000名老年人进行了全国横截面调查.
- 收集的数据包括技术所有权,电子健康应用程序的使用,社会决定因素和卫生系统的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 虽然技术准备程度很高 (85.2%拥有计算机,82.6%每周使用互联网),但电子健康应用的使用是有限的.
- 远程监控和摔倒检测技术的采用率较低 (分别为9.4%和4.2%).
- 观察到电子健康使用的显著差异,受诸如省份,生活环境 (农村与城市),保险状况和感知健康等因素的影响.
结论:
- 加拿大老年人之间存在数字沟,这可能会使那些需要更大,资源较少的人从电子健康福利中被排除在外.
- 解决数字健康差距需要的不仅仅是技术接入;它需要促进健康公平和系统可持续性的政策.
- 干预措施应针对风险群体,如农村居民,住院老年人以及资金覆盖有限的人,以减轻数字排斥.
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