Abstract
This qualitative study aimed to investigate the effects of using smartphone’s communication apps on Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people living in Shiraz-Iran. The population of the study was all the senior residents registered with local public health centers located in Shiraz, Fars, Iran in 2018-2019. Overall, 20 participants volunteered to join the study, from the intervention and control groups (10 in each). Data were collected via semi-structured face to face interviews and analyzed using open-coding. The findings of this study and the educational training are intended to help families, practitioners in the aging field to pay more attention to teaching modern communication technology in order to promote healthier elderly and community.
Highlights
The 21st century is the century of the elderly
Keeping this background in mind, recently, information and communications technology (ICT) provides a considerable opportunity for enhancing elderly people’s lives, allowing them to maintain their independence, have a longer life span and better quality of life (QoL), all around the world [7] .ICT has certainly become the central driver for the evolution of a modern society[8]
The participants statements related to these terms were analysed manually and are represented below: Theme A: Personal consideration in pre-test Majority of the participants indicated that they think utilizing new technologies such as smartphone apps is late for their age
Summary
The 21st century is the century of the elderly. In many countries, the elderly population is rising sharply which necessitates special concern in order to build and promote self-care and increase quality of life (QoL) among seniors[1,2,3,4]. As a result, the positive impact of training in different areas of health and social activities on improving well-being and quality of life of the elderly has been proven in several studies [6]. Keeping this background in mind, recently, information and communications technology (ICT) provides a considerable opportunity for enhancing elderly people’s lives, allowing them to maintain their independence, have a longer life span and better QoL, all around the world [7] .ICT has certainly become the central driver for the evolution of a modern society[8].
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