Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-8721
Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults' abilities to manage everyday technology |
Authors: | Malinowsky, Camilla Almkvist, Ove Nygård, Louise Kottorp, Anders |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1041610211002092 10.21256/zhaw-8721 |
Published in: | International Psychogeriatrics |
Volume(Issue): | 24 |
Issue: | 3 |
Page(s): | 484 |
Pages to: | 495 |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN: | 1041-6102 1741-203X |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive dysfunction; Disability evaluation; Educational status; Independent living; Mental status schedule; Computer literacy; Social environment; Technology |
Subject (DDC): | 004: Computer science 305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) |
Abstract: | Background: The ability to manage everyday technology (ET), such as computers and microwave ovens, is increasingly required in the performance of everyday activities and participation in society. This study aimed to identify aspects that influence the ability to manage ET among older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Methods: Older adults with mild Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment and without known cognitive impairment were assessed as they managed their ET at home. Data were collected using the Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META). Rasch-based measures of the person's ability to manage ET were analyzed. These measures were used as dependent variables in backward procedure ANOVA analyses. Different predefined aspects that could influence the ability to manage ET were used as independent variables. Results: Three aspects had a significant effect upon the ability to manage ET. These were: (1) variability in intrapersonal capacities (such as “the capacity to pay attention and focus”, (2) environmental characteristics (such as “the impact of the design”) and (3) diagnostic group. Conclusions: Variability in intrapersonal capacities seems to be of more importance than the actual level of intrapersonal capacity in relation to the ability to manage ET for this sample. This implies that investigations of ability to manage ET should also include intraperson variability. Additionally, adaptations in environmental characteristics could simplify the management of ET to support older adults as technology users. |
Further description: | Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch) |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8721 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011_Malinowsky-etal_Influences-on-older-adults-abilities-to-manage-everyday-technology.pdf | 138.97 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Show full item record
Malinowsky, C., Almkvist, O., Nygård, L., & Kottorp, A. (2011). Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults’ abilities to manage everyday technology. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(3), 484–495. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211002092
Malinowsky, C. et al. (2011) ‘Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults” abilities to manage everyday technology’, International Psychogeriatrics, 24(3), pp. 484–495. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211002092.
C. Malinowsky, O. Almkvist, L. Nygård, and A. Kottorp, “Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults’ abilities to manage everyday technology,” International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 484–495, 2011, doi: 10.1017/S1041610211002092.
MALINOWSKY, Camilla, Ove ALMKVIST, Louise NYGÅRD und Anders KOTTORP, 2011. Individual variability and environmental characteristics influence older adults‘ abilities to manage everyday technology. International Psychogeriatrics. 2011. Bd. 24, Nr. 3, S. 484–495. DOI 10.1017/S1041610211002092
Malinowsky, Camilla, Ove Almkvist, Louise Nygård, and Anders Kottorp. 2011. “Individual Variability and Environmental Characteristics Influence Older Adults’ Abilities to Manage Everyday Technology.” International Psychogeriatrics 24 (3): 484–95. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211002092.
Malinowsky, Camilla, et al. “Individual Variability and Environmental Characteristics Influence Older Adults’ Abilities to Manage Everyday Technology.” International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 24, no. 3, 2011, pp. 484–95, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211002092.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.