A New Tool for Assessing Older Adults’ Wireless Network Proficiency: The Wireless Network Proficiency Questionnaire

Roque, Nelson A.; Boot, Walter R.

doi:10.1177/0733464820935000

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“…Older adults have widely varying levels of income, education, and experience with technology. Further, closing the digital divide at the level of the individual requires some understanding of each person’s current proficiency (e.g., Roque & Boot, 2018, 2021) so that interventions can be tailored. Using well-designed training to improve individuals’ perceived self-efficacy in using digital technologies is both viable (Czaja et al, 2017) and desirable.…”

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“…Older adults who have been trained to interact with home smart-speaker systems tend to like them despite their inability to respond in a useful way to about a third of queries (Kim & Choudhury, 2021). However, such devices require a complex infrastructure, smartphones for setup, and home Wi-Fi networks, and aging adults today report low proficiency in managing both smartphones and Wi-Fi (e.g., Roque & Boot, 2018, 2021).…”

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A Grand Challenge for Psychology: Reducing the Age-Related Digital Divide

Charness

Boot

2022

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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Worldwide population aging and rapid diffusion of digital technology have converged to produce an age-related digital divide in the adoption of technology, as seen in use of the Internet and ownership of smartphones. Given the centrality of these technologies for full participation in modern society, reducing that gap is an important challenge for psychologists. We outline more and less malleable factors associated with the adoption of technology and argue that interventions that can change both the aging user and the design of products will be necessary. Adaptive technology systems that incorporate artificial intelligence and extended reality are promising new approaches to reducing the age-related digital divide.

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Section: Framework For Understanding the Use And Adoption Of Technologymentioning

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A Grand Challenge for Psychology: Reducing the Age-Related Digital Divide

Charness

Boot

2022

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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“…However, such data collection methods come at the cost of reduced generalizability as technology proficiency in older adults is lower than that in younger adults ( Faverio, 2022 ), so samples are likely to be biased, with fewer older adults with lower socio-economic status participating. Tools for measuring the proficiency of older adults at various technologies have been developed ( Boot et al, 2015 ; Roque and Boot, 2018 ; Roque and Boot, 2021 ), and it is recommended that future research endeavors seek to account for this when appropriate.…”

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Components of navigation ability and their predictors in a community-dwelling sample of older adults

Prevratil,

Kossowska-Kuhn,

Gray

et al. 2023

Front. Aging

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Introduction: Navigation, as a complex skill important for independent living, requires a variety of cognitive processes. Current scales tapping components are lengthy and can be burdensome for older adults.Methods: Community-dwelling older adults (n = 380, age 60–90 years) completed an online survey tapping wayfinding, being lost navigating, and needing help navigating. Participants then completed objective measures of navigation ability and self-reported memory ability. Cronbach’s α was calculated for navigation subscales consisting of subsets of the Wayfinding Questionnaire and Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Questionnaire, and an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted. Regression analyses were used to test whether objective navigation, memory, and demographic information navigation predicted navigation subscale performance.Results: Each of the individual subscales demonstrated high reliability. EFA generated five unique factors: routing, mental mapping, navigation in near vicinities, feeling lost in far vicinities, and needing help in far vicinities. Across regression analyses, memory, gender, and performance on the Spatial Orientation Test were significant predictors.Discussion: Navigation is a multi-faceted construct that can be reliably measured using concise surveys. Further research is necessary to understand the intricacies of aging and navigation.

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“…The WNPQ-8, an abbreviated version of the WNPQ (Roque and Boot, 2021), was collected during each participant's in-home visit to assess their ability to interact with their wireless network. This measure includes statements such as "Using a PC/laptop I can connect to the WiFi in my home."…”

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Designing a tip card to facilitate the use of a voice-activated assistant (VAA) for prospective memory support

Sanders,

Stuart,

Boot

2024

Gerontechnology

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Background: Older adults, especially those living with cognitive impairment, can experience prospective memory challenges that affect their ability to manage day-to-day tasks, maintain their health, and sustain relationships with friends and family. Although voiceactivated assistants (VAAs) are hands-free, convenient tools with the potential to support prospective memory, there are often barriers to the adoption of VAAs by older adults. Objective: To address barriers to the adoption and use of VAAs by older adults, we developed a tip card to facilitate the use of a VAA to support everyday prospective memory tasks and evaluated the usability of the tip card. Method: The tip card was designed with a human-centered design approach, incorporating the input of a subject matter expert on memory challenges, and provided guidance on how to use the device to perform three PM-related tasks: setting reminders, creating lists, and setting timers. Then, 15 older adults (4 with and 11 without probable mild cognitive impairment) were given an Echo Dot device to use for a 10-day period. Usage logs were extracted from the devices and each interaction was coded according to its purpose. Results: Using the System Usability Scale (SUS), scores for the device and tip card were both "A" on average, corresponding to a rating of "excellent." Prospective memory-related tasks made up 68% of the total uses of the VAA. Conclusion: Taken together, these findings support that VAAs, with the help of a tip card, can help older adults with diverse cognitive abilities complete daily memory-related tasks.

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A New Tool for Assessing Older Adults’ Wireless Network Proficiency: The Wireless Network Proficiency Questionnaire

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

A Grand Challenge for Psychology: Reducing the Age-Related Digital Divide

A Grand Challenge for Psychology: Reducing the Age-Related Digital Divide

Components of navigation ability and their predictors in a community-dwelling sample of older adults

Designing a tip card to facilitate the use of a voice-activated assistant (VAA) for prospective memory support

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