Journal article
Visualization approaches to support healthy aging: A systematic review
Journal of innovation in health informatics, Vol.23(3), pp.860-610
10/10/2016
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v23i3.860
PMCID: PMC5222528
PMID: 28059694
Abstract
Health technologies have the potential to support the growing number of older adults who are aging in place. Many tools include visualizations (data visualizations, visualizations of physical representations). However, the role of visualizations in supporting aging in place remains largely unexplored.
To synthesize and identify gaps in the literature evaluating visualizations (data visualizations and visualizations of physical representations), for informatics tools to support healthy aging.
We conducted a search in CINAHL, Embase, Engineering Village, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science using a priori defined terms for publications in English describing community-based studies evaluating visualizations used by adults aged ≥65 years.
Six out of the identified 251 publications were eligible. Most studies were user studies and varied methodological quality. Three visualizations of virtual representations supported performing at-home exercises. Participants found visual representations either (a) helpful, motivational, and supported their understanding of their health behaviors or (b) not an improvement over alternatives. Three data visualizations supported understanding of one's health. Participants were able to interpret data visualizations that used precise data and encodings that were more concrete better than those that did not provide precision or were abstract. Participants found data visualizations helpful in understanding their overall health and granular data.
Studies we identified used visualizations to promote engagement in exercises or understandings of one's health. Future research could overcome methodological limitations of studies we identified to develop visualizations that older adults could use with ease and accuracy to support their health behaviors and decision-making.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Visualization approaches to support healthy aging: A systematic review
- Creators
- Uba Backonja - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Health Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA. backonja@uw.eduNai-Ching Chi - Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle WA. ncc17@uw.eduYong Choi - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Health Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA. yongchoi@uw.eduAmanda K Hall - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Health Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA Physio-Control Dev. Co. LLC, Seattle WA. mandiha@uw.eduThai Le - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Health Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA. tle23@uw.eduYoujeong Kang - Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle WA. ykan@uw.eduGeorge Demiris - Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle WA Department of Biomedical Informatics and Health Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA. gdemiris@uw.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of innovation in health informatics, Vol.23(3), pp.860-610
- DOI
- 10.14236/jhi.v23i3.860
- PMID
- 28059694
- PMCID
- PMC5222528
- NLM abbreviation
- J Innov Health Inform
- ISSN
- 2058-4555
- eISSN
- 2058-4563
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- T32 NR014833 / NINR NIH HHS T15 LM007442 / NLM NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/10/2016
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984064164802771
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