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An app for supporting older people receiving home care - usage, aspects of health and health literacy: a quasi-experimental study.

Carina GöranssonYvonne WengströmMaria Hälleberg-NymanAnn Langius-EklöfKristina ZiegertKarin Blomberg
Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)
The high app usage showed that an app may be a suitable tool for some older people living alone and receiving home care. The results indicate that the usage of Interaktor can support older people by significantly improving their communicative and critical health literacy. Aspects of health were not shown to be affected by the usage of the app. Further research with larger sample is needed for evaluation the effect on health literacy, and which aspects of health of importance to support by an app.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
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