Functional Assessment Of Currently Employed Technology Scale (FACETS) 4.0: Update On A Brief Intake Instrument To Facilitate Treatment Planning And Communication With Patients

Lepkowsky, Charles M.

doi:10.18535/ijmsci/v7i05.03

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“…It is important to note that participants who registered for the peer-led exercise program delivered online had a moderate level of technology use on the FACETS (34.3 ± 10.9 ); (Lepkowsky, 2020). This is encouraging, as it shows that older adults are open to opportunities using the internet, even if it may be new or challenging.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The ability to handle the technology was measured via the Functional Assessment of Currently Employed Technology Scale (FACETS). The FACETS was used to determine an individual's use of various information technologies (Lepkowsky, 2020). The FACETS questionnaire was completed by participants, and the score was compared with an interpretation scale.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fear of Falls Following an Online Exercise Program for Aging Adults

MacDonald

Sénéchal

Leadbetter

et al. 2023

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

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Individuals who participate in regular exercise tend to report a lower fear of falling; however, it is unknown if this fear can be reduced following an online fall prevention exercise program. The main purpose of this study was to test if offering a peer-led fall prevention exercise program online reduced the fear of falling and if this potential improvement was greater than when the program was offered in person. The secondary objectives were to describe participants’ characteristics when participating online, the rate of falls and the context in which falls occur. A total of 85 adults aged 69.0 ± 7.8 years participated in the program offered online ( n = 44) and in-person ( n = 41). No significant differences in fear of falling before and after participation in the program were reported for either group: online (20.7 ± 5.1–21.8 ± 5.5) and in-person (20.6 ± 5.1–21.2 ± 5.3). Online participants reported a greater proportion of falls ( n = 9; 20.5% vs. n = 4; 9.8%; p = .14), mostly occurring outdoors ( n = 7) (77.8). A properly designed study is needed to test if the rate of falls is greater when an exercise program is offered online.

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Fear of Falls Following an Online Exercise Program for Aging Adults

MacDonald

Sénéchal

Leadbetter

et al. 2023

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

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“…Paradoxically, over the past decade health care organizations have defaulted to the use of IT for patient communication, in the absence of any data supporting patient utilization of IT for the purpose of communication with health care providers. With one exception [18,60,69,72], health care protocols, especially for working with older adults, have not included frequency of internet or IT utilization as a specific area of assessment or treatment [18,55,60,61,69,[72][73][74]. In fact, the American Psychological Association's (APA's) 21 Guidelines for psychologists working with older adults [75] do not specifically include familiarity with the assessment and treatment of technology challenges or barriers for older adults as a guideline [18,55,60,61,69].…”

Section: Communication With Patients and Outcomes: Assessment Of It Utilization By Patient Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, IT has not been included as area of assessment or treatment in healthcare protocols [18,55,60,61,69,72,74]. Most of the research exploring IT utilization has come from the IT sector [76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88].…”

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COVID-19, Telehealth and Access to Care

Lepkowsky¹

2021

SARS-CoV-2 Origin and COVID-19 Pandemic Across the Globe

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Telehealth has become increasingly prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting limitations in access to care for older adults less fluent in information technology (IT). Although the 20 percent disparity in IT use between younger and older adult cohorts remains unchanged over several decades, insurers, institutional and independent providers of health care have made increasing use of IT for patient communication. Data demonstrate an age-related decline in the frequency of IT use for accessing health care. Restrictions on reimbursement for the use of the telephone for accessing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed as a barrier to access to care. Recommendations are made for assessment of media most available to older adults for accessing health care, as well as providing funding to support increased access to care.

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Remote First-Language Assessment: Feasibility Study With Vietnamese Bilingual Children and Their Caregivers

Dam

Pham

2023

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Purpose: There is a shortage of bilingual speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the United States. For Vietnamese, less than 1% of SLPs speak the language compared with a Vietnamese American population of > 2.1 million. This study examines the feasibility and social validity of remote child language assessment with the help of a caregiver to address the need for first language assessments among Vietnamese-speaking children. Method: Twenty-one dyads of caregivers and typically developing children (aged 3–6 years) completed two assessment sessions in their first language, Vietnamese, using Zoom videoconferencing. Sessions were counterbalanced between two conditions in which either the clinician or the caregiver was the task administrator. Children's language samples were elicited using narrative tasks. Social validity was also assessed through caregiver and child questionnaires at the end of each session. Results: There were no significant differences between conditions on language sample measures nor the measures of social validity. Both caregivers and their children felt positively about the sessions. The caregivers' feelings were related to their perception of children's feelings about the sessions. Children's feelings were related to their Vietnamese language proficiency, caregiver-reported language ability, and whether they were born outside of the United States. Conclusions: Findings build the evidence base for telepractice as an effective and socially valid service delivery model for bilingual children in the United States. This study supports the potential for caregivers as task administrators in a telepractice setting, making assessment in a child's first language more feasible and accessible. Future investigation is needed to extend results to bilingual populations with disorders.

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Functional Assessment Of Currently Employed Technology Scale (FACETS) 4.0: Update On A Brief Intake Instrument To Facilitate Treatment Planning And Communication With Patients

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Fear of Falls Following an Online Exercise Program for Aging Adults

Fear of Falls Following an Online Exercise Program for Aging Adults

COVID-19, Telehealth and Access to Care

Remote First-Language Assessment: Feasibility Study With Vietnamese Bilingual Children and Their Caregivers

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