Effects of Smartphone Application Training on Elderly people’s Quality of Life: Qualitative Study Results

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of social media applications in smartphones in the quality of life of elderly people. This study population were all elderly people registered in a public health center in 2022. A total number of 16 participants volunteered to take part in this research as two groups (control and intervention). Semi-structured interviews as well as open coding analysis were used for Data collection. This study findings and the designed educational program training was to be referred to helping families and aging practitioners for paying more attention to learning up-to-date communication technology for a better elderly people community.