Benefits and use of digital tools for health promotion and prevention for older people: A scoping review
Description
- Digital technologies could contribute to health promotion and disease prevention. It is unclear if and how such digital technologies address the health needs of older people in non-clinical settings (ie, daily life). The aim of this project was to identify digital technologies for health promotion and disease prevention for older people in non-clinical settings using a scoping review methodology.
Funding period
- Begin: January 2022
End: November 2022
Sponsor
- Federal Centre for Health Education
Contact
Selected project-related publications
- De Santis KK, Mergenthal L, Christianson L, Busskamp A, Vonstein C, Zeeb H. Digital technologies for health promotion and disease prevention in older people: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2023;25:e43542.
https://doi.org/10.2196/43542 - De Santis KK, Mergenthal L, Christianson L, Zeeb H. Digital technologies for health promotion and disease prevention in older people: Protocol for a scoping review. JMIR Research Protocols. 2022;11(7):e37729.
https://doi.org/10.2196/37729 - De Santis KK, Mergenthal L, Christianson L, Busskamp A, Vonstein C, Zeeb H. Detection rate of relevant studies for reviews is higher when study authors define the study population in title: A bibliographic study of literature on older people. 24. Jahrestagung des Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin (EbM-Netzwerk), 22.-24. März 2023, Online-Poster.
- De Santis KK, Mergenthal L, Christianson L, Zeeb H. Health promotion and disease prevention with digital technologies for older people: Scoping review. 15th European Public Health Conference (EPH), 9-12 November 2022, Berlin. (Abstract published in: European Journal of Public Health. 2022;32(Suppl. 3):iii479)