Data Sheet 1_Older adults' acceptability and perceived barriers to digital health tools in

Three focus groups with older adults in Italy explored their experiences and perceptions of mobile health technologies. The reflexive thematic analysis generated three themes: digital health as a 'robotic friend', an emotional barrier, and a tool to increase awareness. Gioi Spinello authored this qualitative study, which was last updated on 2026-04-22.

Use Cases

• Analyzing qualitative themes on technology acceptance based on the described 'robotic friend' and 'emotional barrier' concepts.
• Informing the design of hybrid digital-human health interventions based on the reported preference for in-person interaction.
• Studying perceived barriers to mHealth adoption based on described concerns like privacy, fear of injury, and low engagement.

Strengths

• Qualitative data from three in-person focus groups provides depth of insight.
• Analysis identified three distinct thematic areas, offering structured findings.
• Explicitly focuses on the understudied Italian older adult population context.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 670.7 KB DOCX file; its internal structure and row count are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection in Italy.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Data were gathered from three in-person focus groups and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 05:46:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Italy