Publications by authors named "Nurul Asilah Ahmad"

Background: Technology advancement along with the increase in the older adults' population leads to the creation of health applications. The combination of exercise, nutrition, and cognition should be studied carefully in improving older adults' health.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to develop a health application, WeFit contains these three components and to determine its content validity, acceptability, and usability.

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Objectives: This scoping review aims to identify the level of willingness, the existing barriers, and motivators among older adults in using mobile applications to monitor and manage their health conditions. The secondary aim of this paper is to categorise these willingness, barriers and motivators using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).

Design: Scoping review.

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Introduction: The world's older population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. An ageing population poses a great challenge to our healthcare system that requires new tool to tackle the complexity of health services as well as the increasing expenses. Mobile health applications (mHealth app) is seen to have the potential to address these challenges, alleviating burdens on the healthcare system and enhance the quality of life for older adults.

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