ArticleBMC geriatrics2025
Factors that influence technophobia in Chinese older patients with ischemic stroke: a cross-sectional survey.
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- Technophobia and computer anxiety in older adults: a systematic review of the influencing factors.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Characteristics of digital health technophobia and associated factors in older cancer patients: a latent profile analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Determinants and management approaches for fear of disease progression among stroke survivors.Medicine · 2026Article
- Preferences for advance care planning services among patients with recurrent stroke: a discrete choice experiment.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Technophobia and Its Associated Factors Among Registered Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the abbreviated technology anxiety scale among older patients with stroke: a translation and validation study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Potential profiling of social alienation in elderly stroke patients and study of influencing factors.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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backgroundOlder patients with ischemic stroke often have a large number of medical needs, technophobia refers to the irrational anxiety and fear of digital technologies such as mobile communication equipment, artificial intelligence and robots, resulting in emotional reactions such as fear and tension, which will lead individuals to avoid using technology. However, the research on these patients' technophobia and the factors that may lead to it is limited.
aimsThis study aimed to investigate the status of technophobia and analyze its influencing factors in Chinese older patients with ischemic stroke.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 204 older patients with ischemic stroke in a tertiary hospital in Tianjin from March 2023 to March 2024. The Technophobia Scale, Electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Social Support Rate Scale (SSRS) were used to assess patients' technophobia, electronic health literacy, self-efficacy, and social support, respectively. A self-designed general information questionnaire was used to collect demographic information and disease-related information. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to analyze the influencing factors.
resultsThe total score of technophobia in older patients with ischemic stroke was (44.81 ± 10.02). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that education level, monthly income, number of smart devices, electronic health literacy, self-efficacy, and social support were the main influencing factors of technophobia in older patients with ischemic stroke (P < 0.05), which could explain 35.3% of the total variation.
conclusionThe level of technophobia of older patients with ischemic stroke deserves attention, suggesting that medical staff can reduce the technophobia of older patients with ischemic stroke according to their sense of self-efficacy, electronic health literacy, and social support, so as to ensure patients' smooth medical treatment. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.
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