Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of The 2020
DOI: 10.1145/3410530.3414412
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Understanding barriers to medical instruction access for older adults

Abstract: Recalling medical instructions provided during a doctor's visit can be difficult due to access barriers, primarily for older adults who visit doctors multiple times per year and rely on their memory to act on doctor's recommendations. There are several interventions that aid patients in recalling information after doctors' visits; however, some have been proven ineffective, and those that are effective can present additional challenges for older adults. In this paper, we explore the challenges that older adult… Show more

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“…Based on a preliminary work with older adults [24], we defned three diferent fctitious scenarios to capture situations in which users visit a doctor and use Scribe during and after the visit: (1) recording notes from their conversations with the doctor, (2) reviewing the notes from a specifc previous visit, (3) forgetting to take a medicine after breakfast. For the frst and third scenario, we asked participants to complete one task and for the second scenario, participants were asked to complete three tasks.…”
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“…Based on a preliminary work with older adults [24], we defned three diferent fctitious scenarios to capture situations in which users visit a doctor and use Scribe during and after the visit: (1) recording notes from their conversations with the doctor, (2) reviewing the notes from a specifc previous visit, (3) forgetting to take a medicine after breakfast. For the frst and third scenario, we asked participants to complete one task and for the second scenario, participants were asked to complete three tasks.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Older adult patients face accessibility challenges including hearing impairments and recalling information as well as technical challenges when accessing e-health portals [24]. Older patients with hearing impairments often ask caregivers to accompany them for their medical visits and rely on their caregivers to collect and recall information provided during the visit [7,38].…”
Section: Related Work 21 Health Information Management Among Older Ad...mentioning
confidence: 99%
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