Md. Rakibul Hoque, Golam Sorwar
Background mHealth (mobile health) services are becoming an increasingly important form of information and communication technology (ICT) enabled delivery for healthcare, especially in low-resource environments such as developing countries like Bangladesh. Despite widespread adoption of mobile phone...
Sarah Soyeon Oh, Kyoung‐A Kim, Minsu Kim, Jaeuk Oh et al.
BACKGROUND: Numerous instruments are designed to measure digital literacy among the general population. However, few studies have assessed the use and appropriateness of these measurements for older populations. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aims to identify and critically appraise studies asses...
Md. Shamim Talukder, Golam Sorwar, Yukun Bao, Jashim Uddin Ahmed et al.
Wearable healthcare technology (WHT) has the potential to improve access to healthcare information especially to the older population and empower them to play an active role in self-management of their health. Despite their potential benefits, the acceptance and usage of WHT among the elderly are co...
Md. Rakibul Hoque
BACKGROUND: mHealth has become a valuable tool for providing health care services in developing countries. Despite the potential benefits of mHealth, its adoption remains a very challenge in developing countries like Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the ado...
G. M. Azmal Ali Quaosar, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Yukun Bao
BACKGROUND: m-Health as an important part of e-health has recently become one of the most influential initiative in healthcare sector all over the world. In developing countries healthcare service providers started to provide m-health services from the last few years. Despite the widespread acceptan...
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Uma Kumar et al.
An autonomous homecare system can ensure independence for elderly people and increase cooperation, social interaction, and adaptation. Widespread diffusion and inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT) in modern equipment has advanced the concept of machine autonomy. This study see...
Alan David McCrorie, Conan Donnelly, Kieran McGlade
Infographics are an innovative and engaging method of visually communicating information in a colourful and concise manner. There has been substantial interest in their use within the commercial and health sectors. Healthcare professionals already use infographics to communicate medical informati...
Md. Abdul Kaium, Yukun Bao, Mohammad Zahedul Alam, Md. Rakibul Hoque
Purpose This study aims to understand the factors affecting the continuance usage intention (CUI) of mHealth among the rural elderly. Design/methodology/approach An integrated model was proposed with the constructs derived from multiple models such as the unified theory of acceptance and use of tech...
Jahir Uddin Palas, Golam Sorwar, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Achchuthan Sivabalan
BACKGROUND: Despite the high usage of mobile phones in daily life in developing countries like Bangladesh, the adoption and usage of mHealth services have been significantly low among the elderly population. When searching previous studies, the researchers have found that no studies have empirically...
Justina Yat Wa Liu, Golam Sorwar, Mohammed Sajedur Rahman, Md. Rakibul Hoque
BACKGROUND: Evidence from the literature suggests that mobile health (mHealth) services can potentially improve healthcare outcomes among older adults. Hence, the government of Hong Kong has recently taken several community and information technology (IT) services initiatives to train older adults o...
Jiban Karki, Simon Rushton, Sunita Bhattarai, Luc de Witte
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to analyse and critically reflect on access to Assistive Technology (AT) for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. This analysis aims to guide the development of a contextualised generic AT service delivery model suitable for these coun...
Md. Shamim Talukder, Samuli Laato, A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Yukun Bao
Purpose Wearable health technologies (WHTs) show promise in improving the health and well-being of the aging population because they promote healthy lifestyles. They can be used to collect health information from users and encourage them to be physically active. Despite potential benefits of WHTs, r...
Mohammad Zahedul Alam, Wang Hu, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Md. Abdul Kaium
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to explore the comparative influential factors affecting the behavioral intention and actual usage of mHealth services in two distinct national environments, i.e. China and Bangladesh, in relation to the international expansion of mHealth services. Design/method...
Yukun Bao, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Shiyu Wang
Background The increasing number of older people and the dissemination of health information via the Internet have emerged and both are challenging to Chinese society. Available online health information highlights the importance of decision making processes, specially in relation to the elderly who...
Johan Borg, Per‐Olof Östergren, Stig Larsson, ASM Atiqur Rahman et al.
Purpose: About half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Focusing on the ends rather than the economic means of human development, the capability approach offers an alternative view of poverty. The purpose of this study was to explore the relation between ...