Key result
Older African American adults report high smartphone ownership but express reluctance toward digital hypertension self-management.
African American older adults are active users of smartphone technology but require tailored education and training programs to successfully adopt digital interventions for hypertension self-management.
With the unprecedented growth of technology for disease prevention and management, little is known about the experience and adoption of such technology in African American older adults with hypertension. A 90-minute focus group session was used to explore African American older adults' (N = 21) experiences with using technology (mobile devices and applications) for hypertension self-management. Twenty participants reported owning smartphones and used this technology to communicate; seek, acquire, and share information; engage in entertainment; and organize and manage time. Participants expressed concerns about not being informed or trained sufficiently to integrate technology for hypertension self-management. There is a need to develop novel hypertension self-management interventions that integrate technology and training programs for this marginalized population that may help improve blood pressure control and address important clinical and public health priorities of uncontrolled hypertension. [Res Gerontol Nurs. 2018; 11(5):249-256.].
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Still et al. (2018) studied Hypertension (n=21). Technology for hypertension self-management was evaluated on Experiences, perceptions, and adoption of technology (mobile devices and apps) for hypertension self-management. Although African American older adults frequently owned and used smartphones, they expressed concerns about insufficient training and reluctance to integrate technology specifically for hypertension self-management.
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