Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 11 2 2021 02 01 The opportunities and challenges of using mobile health in elderly self‑care 1 9 28121 EN . Masoumeh Shahbazi Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, . Hossein Bagherian Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran . Mohammad Sattari Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran . Sakineh Saghaeiannejad‑Isfahani Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2023 02 21 Population aging is a phenomenon expanding around the world and will be increase the incidence<br />of chronic diseases and health costs. This study was conducted according to the preferred reporting<br />items for systematic reviews and meta‑analyses (PRISMA). A comprehensive literature search was<br />performed on 4 databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Science Direct, and ProQuest) for English<br />language studies from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2019. The keywords used to extract relevant<br />contents were “e‑health,” “Elderly care,” “Self‑care,” “challenge,” “Opportunity” etc., The search<br />strategy led to a total of 638 potentially relevant papers, of which 19 papers met the inclusion criteria.<br />The results showed that the challenges of using mobile health in elderly self‑care can be divided into<br />technical, human and managerial challenges. The resulting opportunities include reducing health care<br />costs; no need to visit verbal and remote access to elderly information. The use of mobile health in<br />the elderly has advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages of that is improving physical<br />activity and reducing care costs, but it may break the privacy. The disadvantages of that can be<br />resolved by educating the elder men.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_28121_cad2dd4ac4d8d86663098a2843654559.pdf