Technologies that promote health education for the community elderly: integrative review.
Guilherme Guarino de Moura Sá, Fernanda Lorrany Silva, Ana Maria Ribeiro Dos Santos and 3 others
PMID 31618386WHAT IT FOUND
Fifteen studies described software, videos, printed materials, mock-ups and telephone support for teaching older adults living in the community.
Studies reported improvements, but printed material alone helped in only one of four intervention studies.
Key findings
01Fifteen articles were selected after 6,750 publications were identified.
02The included studies presented educational technologies in five categories: software, video, printed material, mock-up and telephone support.
03Only one of four intervention studies that tested printed material alone showed greater effectiveness.
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What it does not show
The review searched articles published by August 2018, so newer work is not included. It included only technologies for older adults living in the community, not for those living in institutions. The included studies tested different outcomes and follow-up times, so results are hard to compare. The review did not combine results into a single pooled estimate, so it cannot show which technology works best.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this review as proof that any educational technology improves older adults' health outcomes. It synthesized fifteen varied studies, and printed material alone showed greater effectiveness in only one of four intervention studies.