ArticleNursing ethics2022
Older adults` sense of dignity in digitally led healthcare.
Article in Nursing ethics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- The Use of Podcasts as Patient Preparation for Hospital Visits-An Interview Study Exploring Patients' Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Feeling safe in the context of digitalization in healthcare: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- National digital strategies and innovative eHealth policies concerning older adults' dignity: a document analysis in three Scandinavian countries.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth ministries in Europe are investing increasingly in innovative digital technologies. Older adults, who have not grown up with digital innovation, are expected to keep up with technological shifts as much as other age groups. This is ethically challenging, as it may threaten a sense of dignity and well-being in older adults. RESEARCH
objectiveTo clarify the phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within the context of digitally led healthcare in Norway. RESEARCH
designA Reflective Lifeworld Research design was chosen, and purposive, in-depth interviews were conducted. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: The participants were 13 adults 75 years and older from Northern Norway, living at home and not receiving consistent assistance. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Followed the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. This study was approved by the Social Science Data Services in Norway (project number 916119). Interviews were conducted carefully within a safe environment chosen by the participants.
findingsOlder adults experience that using new digital systems in healthcare makes them become dependent with experiences of helplessness. They feel an increased sense of dependency on other people, and that recognition can assail their experience of personal dignity. Older adults not only expect digitally led healthcare to give them a feeling of safety but also experience feeling insecure concerning privacy and loss of possibilities for dialogue with healthcare providers. They are met by demands from society, which they often struggle to achieve.
conclusionThe phenomenon of sense of dignity experienced in older adults, concerning how their expectations and needs are met within digitally led healthcare, indicates a sense of feeling lost in the digital world. Further, innovative healthcare lacks focus on ethical performance. This impacts their perception of dignity, as loss of dignity is noticed especially in its rupture.
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