Inclusive Digital Health Platform for Well-Being and Loneliness in SOGIESC Older Adults

This research and development (R&D) project aims to design, test, and enhance a digital platform for assessing and promoting the health of late middle-aged and older adults who are diverse in sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). It displays people's opinions regarding a personal health reporting system that would make diverse SOGIESC late middle-aged and older adults (aged 50 years and above) feel better and less alone. Mental health, bodily health, social health, and intellectual or spiritual health are the four pillars of the holistic health framework around which the initiative is built. “Loneliness" is a significant factor that impacts elderly people's quality of life. The platform's user-centered design creates a secure, friendly, and inclusive online environment for individuals of all gender identities. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, which means that it deliberately blends quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The platform's structure and features were improved during the development process with the use of quantitative data from health evaluations and system usage statistics. Simultaneously, qualitative data was gathered through user behavior observation, prototype usability testing, and detailed opinion recording in order to examine user experiences in terms of comprehension and usage, design and user experience, system performance, and perceived value and advantages. According to the research findings, the platform can help diverse SOGIESC late middle-aged and older adults feel more socially connected, encourage self-evaluation, and raise health awareness. However, system complexity, early usage difficulty, system stability, and the requirement to create data and result presentations appropriate for the learning context and technological proficiency of the elderly were also identified as limits. With an average score of 4.10 and a standard deviation of 0.88, the overall satisfaction and suggestions showed that customers gave their level of satisfaction a high rating. According to this study, the creation of a digital health platform for senior citizens with a range of sexual orientations should give priority to straightforward, fair, and reliable designs that may produce definite experiential value in order to encourage consistent and long-term use. By providing policy and practical guidance for creating digital tools that effectively fulfill the needs of vulnerable older people in modern society, this research adds to the body of knowledge in comprehensive health technology research and development.

@article{Atanan2026,
  title     = {Inclusive Digital Health Platform for Well-Being and Loneliness in SOGIESC Older Adults},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {17},
  number    = {7},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Yada Atanan and Titikarn Assatarakul and Akara Metasuk},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2026.0170715},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2026.0170715}
}