Domains, feasibility, effectiveness, cost, and acceptability of telehealth in aging care: scoping review of systematic reviews

Aging is becoming a major global challenge. Compared with younger adults, the older population has greater health needs but faces inadequate access to appropriate, affordable, and high-quality health care. Telehealth can remove geographic and time boundaries, as well as enabling socially isolated an...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yichi, Leuk, Jessie Siew-Pin, Teo, Wei-Peng
Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173638
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Aging is becoming a major global challenge. Compared with younger adults, the older population has greater health needs but faces inadequate access to appropriate, affordable, and high-quality health care. Telehealth can remove geographic and time boundaries, as well as enabling socially isolated and physically homebound people to access a wider range of care options. The impacts of different telehealth interventions in terms of their effectiveness, cost, and acceptability in aging care are still unclear.