Mitigating Technostress among Community-Dwelling Seniors: Examining the Role of Proactive and Reactive Coping Behaviours in the Context of XR-Powered Telehealth

The aged inhabitants’s distinctive healthcare wants demand developments in know-how to help impartial residing. Residence care and assisted residing, facilitated by XR-powered telehealth, have the potential to reinforce well being outcomes for seniors (Kim et al., 2023; Margrett et al., 2022). Earlier research have explored the usage of digital actuality (VR) in healthcare, notably as a distraction method for youngsters within the major care setting (Goldsworthy et al., 2023). Moreover, the applying of VR for well being promotion, specializing in behavioural methods, self-motivation, and goal-setting, is rising as a promising avenue for enhancing senior healthcare (Al-Rasheed et al., 2022; Jones et al., 2023). Right here, the demographic shift in direction of an ageing inhabitants has underscored the significance of modern healthcare options, particularly for community-dwelling seniors aged 65 and above (Othman et al., 2023). With a deal with preserving independence and high quality of life, the combination of prolonged actuality (XR)-powered telehealth holds promise in delivering healthcare companies to seniors throughout the consolation of their houses. Nevertheless, the potential stress arising from the adoption of such know-how, generally known as technostress (Ayyagari et al., 2011; Cheng et al., 2023; Pirkkalainen et al., 2019), necessitates a nuanced examination. To this finish, this analysis goals to analyze how proactive and reactive coping behaviours can mitigate technostress amongst community-dwelling seniors participating with XR-powered telehealth options.

Technostress, characterised by people’ stress in dealing with the calls for of IT use, serves because the foundational idea for this analysis (Ayyagari et al., 2011; Cheng et al., 2023; Pirkkalainen et al., 2019). Proactive coping behaviours contain people’ preparedness to cope with ongoing aggravating conditions by private progress and useful resource accumulation (Pirkkalainen et al., 2019). Reactive coping behaviours, then again, happen in response to stressors, resembling distancing oneself from the state of affairs or venting destructive feelings (Pirkkalainen et al., 2019). To this finish, this examine might be motivated by following 4 principal questions:

1.What are key antecedents of technostress amongst community-dwelling seniors utilizing XR-powered telehealth?

2.How do proactive coping behaviours affect the expertise of technostress amongst community-dwelling seniors utilizing XR-powered telehealth?

3.What position do reactive coping behaviours play in mitigating technostress amongst seniors engaged in XR-powered telehealth?

4.Are there particular elements inside XR-powered telehealth utilization that contribute to technostress amongst community-dwelling seniors?

We anticipate a mixed-methods method (Taheri & Okumus, 2023) that make use of qualitative interviews to discover in-depth experiences and perceptions of technostress and coping behaviours amongst community-dwelling seniors. The quantitative part will make the most of standardized scales to measure technostress ranges, proactive coping behaviors, reactive coping behaviors, and the perceived effectiveness of various parts of XR-powered telehealth.

This proposed analysis seeks to bridge the hole within the present literature by investigating the psychological dynamics surrounding technostress and coping behaviours within the context of XR-powered telehealth for community-dwelling seniors. By analyzing the darkish sides of this know-how, the examine goals to uncover key stressors and suggest actionable methods to mitigate technostress, finally contributing to the event of user-centric and efficient healthcare options for the ageing inhabitants.

Entry {qualifications}

MSc in Data Programs or MSc in Advertising or MSc in Psychology.

Charges and funding

It is a self-funded PhD mission for UK candidates.