Table 3 Characteristics of sources of evidence from different European countries
Author(s) and year | Population | Concept | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
Stroetmann and Erkert 1999 [54] | 17 mobility-impaired older people (aged 75 to over 90) | Videophone service (HausTeleDienst). The clients were connected to the service centre using a standard cable-TV network | Homecare in Germany |
Marcellini et al. 2000 [43] | 1007 older people with different health conditions (aged 75 years and older). In addition, younger age-group | Ticket machines, automatic teller machine and phones that use phone cards | Outdoor environment in Germany, Finland and Italy |
Perle 2012 [51] | 75-year-old lady. In addition, 20-year-old lady | The internet | Test-centre in Estonia |
Wessmann et al. 2013 [53] | 22 older people (aged between 75 and 90 years) | Technology used by older people (for example computer, phone), information technology | Home surroundings in Finland |
Zsiga et al. 2013 [44] | 11 older people (aged between 77 and 85 years). In addition, caregivers | Robot. The functions demonstrated included speech recognition, navigation, reminder function, shopping list creation and video conferencing | Test-centre in Austria, France and Hungary |
La Tona et al. 2017 [55] | 4 older people presenting a wide range of age-related disorders (aged between 87 and 89 years) | Robot with voice, gesture and touch interfaces. | Test-centre in Italy |
Adamsoo 2018 [52] | 5 older people (aged between 75 and 81 years). In addition, younger age-group | Smartphone | Home setting in Estonia |