Everyday Technology Use and Overall Needed Assistance to Function in the Home and Community Among Urban Older AdultsShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Journal of Applied Gerontology, ISSN 0733-4648, E-ISSN 1552-4523, Vol. 39, no 10, article id UNSP 0733464819878620Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background: Older adults manage increasing numbers of everyday technologies to participate in home and community activities. Purpose: We investigated how assessing use of everyday technologies enhanced predictions of overall needed assistance among urban older adults. Method: We used a cross-sectional design to analyze responses from 114 participants completing the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. We estimated overall needed assistance based on definitions in the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills. We created logistic regression models and receiver operator characteristic curves to analyze variables predicting overall needed assistance. Findings: With high specificity and sensitivity, the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment were the strongest predictors of overall needed assistance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2020. Vol. 39, no 10, article id UNSP 0733464819878620
Keywords [en]
cognition, function, functional status, rehabilitation, technology, assessment, occupational therapy
National Category
Occupational Therapy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-17011DOI: 10.1177/0733464819878620ISI: 000489459100001PubMedID: 31578898Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85076549319OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-17011DiVA, id: diva2:1421229
2020-04-022020-04-022024-02-05Bibliographically approved