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. 2024 Mar 4:10:20552076241234628.
doi: 10.1177/20552076241234628. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.

Barriers and facilitators to acceptance and implementation of eMental-health intervention among older adults: A qualitative systematic review

Ruotong Peng  1 , Xiaoyang Li  1 , Yongzhen Guo  1 , Hongting Ning  1 , Jundan Huang  1 , Dian Jiang  1 , Hui Feng  1   2   3 , Qingcai Liu  1
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Barriers and facilitators to acceptance and implementation of eMental-health intervention among older adults: A qualitative systematic review

Ruotong Peng et al. Digit Health. .

Abstract

Objective: Electronic mental health interventions are effective but not well promoted currently among older adults. This study sought to systematically review and summarize the barriers and facilitators of accepting and implementing electronic mental health interventions among older adults.

Methods: We comprehensively retrieved six electronic databases from January 2012 to September 2022: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, PsycINFO, and CINAHL. The JBI-QARI was used to assess the quality of the research methodology of each publication. Eligible studies underwent data coding and synthesis aligned to inductive and deductive methods. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 2.0 was used as a deductive framework to guide a more structured analysis.

Results: The systematic review screened 4309 articles, 17 of which were included (eight with mixed methods and nine with qualitative methods). We identified and extracted the barriers and facilitators of accepting and implementing electronic mental health interventions among older adults: (1) innovation: technology challenges, optimized functions, and contents, security and privacy; (2) outer setting: community engagement and partnerships, financing; (3) inner setting: leadership engagement, available resources, incompatibility, intergenerational support, training and guidance; (4) individuals: perceptions, capability, motivation of older adults and healthcare providers; and (5) implementation process: recruit, external assistance, and team.

Conclusion: These findings are critical to optimizing, promoting, and expanding electronic mental health interventions among older adults. The systematic review also provides a reference for better evidence-based implementation strategies in the future.

Keywords: barriers; eMental health; facilitators; older adults; qualitative systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Flowchart of the search process Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA 2020).
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