Carina Göransson|Yvonne Wengström|Maria Hälleberg Nyman|Ann Langius?Eklöf|Kristina Ziegert|Karin Blomberg
An app for supporting older people receiving home care – usage, aspects of health and health literacy: a quasi-experimental study
Örebro University|Karolinska University Hospital|Örebro University|Karolinska Institutet|Halmstad University|Örebro University
abstract background last decade increase studies describing use mhealth using smartphones apps healthcare system variety populations despite interventions including apps targeting older people receiving home care developing mobile technology full potential interactive real time remains challenge current study part larger project identifying managing health concerns via app using realtime data aim study describe older peoples usage app evaluate impact usage aspects health health literacy time methods quasiexperimental design employed seventeen older people selfreported health concerns via interaktor twice week 3months answered questionnaires baseline end intervention 6month followup logged data app usage data sense coherence health index nutrition form elderly geriatric depression scale20 swedish communicative critical health literacy swedish functional health literacy collected analysed using descriptive nonparametric inferential statistics results median usage app intended 96 pain one reported health concerns also health concern triggered alert n 33 older peoples communicative critical health literacy improved significantly time regarding scores sense coherence health index nutritional form elderly geriatric depression scale20 swedish functional health literacy scale significant differences time conclusions high app usage showed app may suitable tool older people living alone receiving home care results indicate usage interaktor support older people significantly improving communicative critical health literacy aspects health shown affected usage app research larger sample needed evaluation effect health literacy aspects health importance support app