What are the determinants of older people adopting communicative e-health services: a meta-ethnography

Table 4 Eligible studies demographic

Study	Country	Participants	Gender composition (% male)	Type of communicative e-health service	Experience in using communicative e-health services?	Methodology	Analysis
Jakobsson et al., 2019 [34]	Sweden	9	66%	one-way-use / interactive e-health	No	Semi-structured interviews	Grounded theory
Vergouw et al., 2020 [44]	The Netherlands	19	53%	e-health application to support GP services, e-consultations, e-appointments	Yes	Semi-structured interviews and	Verbal analysis
Lindberg et al., 2021 [32]	Sweden	19	36.84%	e-health applications – remote patient monitoring system	Yes	Semi-structured interviews	Qualitative content
Iyer et al., 2021 [41]	USA	43	90.70%	video consultation	Some	Case study and survey^b	Qualitative content
Johnson et al., 2021 [42]	USA	33^a	46%	Skin disease active surveillance / mHealth	Yes	Semi-structured interviews	Thematic analysis
Loza et al., 2021 [45]	Argentina	39	18%	video calls / WhatsApp / teleconsultations	Some	Semistructured interviews	Iterative processing
Pan et al., 2021 [13]	UK	30	57%	mHealth applications, online consultations, video calls, and	Yes	Questionnaires and interviews	Thematic analysis
Watt et al., 2022 [46]	Canada	20^a	35%	videoconference-based assessments	Some	Semi-structured interviews	Framework analysis
Rochmawati et al., 2022 [47]	Indonesia	11	36.70%	WhatsApp, Home health monitoring	Some	Semi-structured interviews	Thematic analysis
Mao et al., 2022 [43]	USA	15^a	13.30%	virtual visits	Yes	Survey and semi-structured	Thematic analysis

^aSample was made of older adults and other populations e.g., caregivers, healthcare providers
^bMixed-method study, both qualitative and quantitative data collected

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