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ArticleResearch involvement and engagement2021

Involving older adults in technology research and development discussions through dialogue cafés.

Anne Lund, Torhild Holthe, Liv Halvorsrud, Dag Karterud, Adele Flakke Johannessen, Hilde Margrethe Lovett, Erik Thorstensen, Flávia Dias Casagrande, Evi Zouganeli, Reidun Norvoll and 1 more

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Article in Research involvement and engagement, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Anne LundFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway. annelu@oslomet.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-8013
Torhild HoltheFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7660-3658
Liv HalvorsrudDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4311-1056
Dag KarterudDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0426-7637
Adele Flakke JohannessenThe Norwegian Board of Technology, Kongens gate 14, 0153, Oslo, Norway.
Hilde Margrethe LovettThe Norwegian Board of Technology, Kongens gate 14, 0153, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0332-9349
Erik ThorstensenOslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4497-6577
Flávia Dias CasagrandeFaculty of Technology, Art, and Design, Department of Mechanical, Electronics, and Chemical Engineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.
Evi ZouganeliFaculty of Technology, Art, and Design, Department of Mechanical, Electronics, and Chemical Engineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-4416
Reidun NorvollOslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-5174
Ellen Marie ForsbergOslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-1141
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCitizen involvement is important for ensuring the relevance and quality of many research and innovation efforts. Literature shows that inadequate citizen involvement poses an obstacle during the research, development, and implementation of assistive technology. Previous studies have addressed the advantages and disadvantages of citizen engagement in health research and technology development, and there is concern about how to ensure valuable engagement to avoid situations where they don't have influence. Frail older adults are often excluded from being active partners in research projects. The overall objective of this commentary is to describe a case where dialogue cafés was used as a method for involving assisted living residents in technology discussions, elaborating on the following research question: In what ways are dialogue cafés useful for directing research and development and for engaging residents in assisted living facilities in assistive technology discussions?

methodSix dialogue cafés with assisted living residents as participants were carried out over a period of 3 years (2016-19). Reports that were written after each café by the group leaders and rapporteurs provide the material for the analyses in this paper.

resultsThis study demonstrates an example of facilitating user involvement where the participants felt useful by contributing to research and discussions on assistive technology and where this contribution in fact directed the research and development in the overall Assisted Living Project.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that dialogue cafés enable older residents at an assisted living facility to contribute with opinions about their needs and perspectives on assistive technologies. This negates the view of older adults as too frail to participate and demonstrates the importance of including and collaborating with older adults in research.

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Assisted living residentsAssistive technologyDialogue cafésOlder adultsUser involvement

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PMID33971975
PMCPMC8111951
OpenAlexW3162568291

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