Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review
BackgroundOlder adults face a unique set of challenges and may experience a range of psychological comorbidities. Digital storytelling is an emerging tool for sharing and recording lived experiences and may have the potential to support well-being but is yet to be systematica...
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BackgroundOlder adults face a unique set of challenges and may experience a range of psychological comorbidities. Digital storytelling is an emerging tool for sharing and recording lived experiences and may have the potential to support well-being but is yet to be systematically reviewed for use among older adults.
ObjectiveThe aim of this review is to examine the methods for creating digital stories, the health-related outcomes associated with creating digital stories, and the potential for implementing digital storytelling with older adults.
MethodsWe systematically searched electronic databases to identify articles published in English that reported on at least one health-related outcome of digital storytelling for participants aged ≥60 years. Data were extracted and synthesized using qualitative content analysis and summarized in tables. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.
ResultsA total of 8 studies were included in the review. Participants were primarily community-dwelling older adults living with dementia, involving family caregivers and professional care staff. Studies have taken various approaches to digital storytelling and reported diverse benefits associated with digital storytelling, including improvements in mood, memory, social engagement, and quality of relationships. Although the potential for implementation was not widely examined, some studies have presented evidence for acceptability and feasibility. Generally, studies were of high quality, despite the absence of comparator groups and confounder analyses.
ConclusionsThe evidence reviewed suggests that despite the various approaches taken, digital storytelling shows promise as an effective approach for supporting well-being in older adults.
Trial RegistrationPROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42019145922; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019145922
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| spelling | doaj.art-22c405d87cba48588718cebd1cec10442023-08-28T20:21:06ZengJMIR PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet Research1438-88712022-01-01241e2811310.2196/28113Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic ReviewJennifer Stargatthttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-3202Sunil Bharhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9260-7368Jahar Bhowmikhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9697-1968Abdullah Al Mahmudhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-723X BackgroundOlder adults face a unique set of challenges and may experience a range of psychological comorbidities. Digital storytelling is an emerging tool for sharing and recording lived experiences and may have the potential to support well-being but is yet to be systematically reviewed for use among older adults. ObjectiveThe aim of this review is to examine the methods for creating digital stories, the health-related outcomes associated with creating digital stories, and the potential for implementing digital storytelling with older adults. MethodsWe systematically searched electronic databases to identify articles published in English that reported on at least one health-related outcome of digital storytelling for participants aged ≥60 years. Data were extracted and synthesized using qualitative content analysis and summarized in tables. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. ResultsA total of 8 studies were included in the review. Participants were primarily community-dwelling older adults living with dementia, involving family caregivers and professional care staff. Studies have taken various approaches to digital storytelling and reported diverse benefits associated with digital storytelling, including improvements in mood, memory, social engagement, and quality of relationships. Although the potential for implementation was not widely examined, some studies have presented evidence for acceptability and feasibility. Generally, studies were of high quality, despite the absence of comparator groups and confounder analyses. ConclusionsThe evidence reviewed suggests that despite the various approaches taken, digital storytelling shows promise as an effective approach for supporting well-being in older adults. Trial RegistrationPROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42019145922; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019145922 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.2196/15512https://www.jmir.org/2022/1/e28113 |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Stargatt Sunil Bhar Jahar Bhowmik Abdullah Al Mahmud Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| title | Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review |
| title_full | Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review |
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| title_short | Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review |
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