African American Older Adults' Perceived Use of Technology 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)...

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Published inResearch in gerontological nursing Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 249 - 256
Main Authors Still, Carolyn Harmon, Jones, Lenette M, Moss, Karen O, Variath, Mary, Wright, Kathy D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.09.2018
Subjects
Adults
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
Aged
Attitude
Behavior modification
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Chronic illnesses
Communication
Exercise
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Hypertension - psychology
Hypertension - therapy
Internet
Intervention
Lifestyles
Male
Mobile Applications
Nursing
Nursing schools
Nutrition research
Older people
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Perception
Physical fitness
Self-Management
Smartphone
Smartphones
Systems Integration
Technology Acceptance Model
Text messaging
Cleveland Ohio
United States > US
Ohio
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Summary: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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Dr. Moss is a post-doctoral fellow in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (T32 NR014213) and Jonas Nurse Scholar Alumni (2014-2016).
ISSN:1940-4921
1938-2464
DOI:10.3928/19404921-20180809-02