Perspectives and Preferences on Developing a Digital Human System for Intrinsic Capacity Monitoring Underpinned by World Health Organization’s Integrated Care for Older People Guideline: Qualitative Study

The digital human system for IC monitoring could potentially reduce the workload of community health workers while providing older adults an accessible way to objectively understand functional abilities. The digital human would be uniquely valuable in improving monitoring effectiveness and adherence, creating emotional connections with older adults, and predicting functional abilities. Additionally, the system's predictive and simulation functions could optimize the implementation of ICOPE by coordinating community scenarios and enhancing the professional capacity of health workers. However, challenges such as geographical and functional segregation, cognitive changes, and limited digital literacy, which may exacerbate digital health inequalities, still need to be addressed.