Older adults' perceptions of technologies aimed at falls prevention, detection or monitoring: A systematic review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 416-426

  Hawley Hague, Helen ^a   Boulton, Elisabeth ^a   Hall, Alex ^a   Pfeiffer, Klaus ^b   Todd, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged; Behaviour; Fall prevention; Technology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS; BEHAVIOUR; FALL PREVENTION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PREVENTION OF FALLS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA BASE; FALLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAME; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOANNA BRIGGS INSTITUTE TOOL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THE QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; VIDEOCONFERENCING; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84900490992     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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