Smartphone Applications Can Serve as Effective Cognitive Training Tools in Healthy Aging

Klímová, Blanka; Vališ, Martin

doi:10.3389/fnagi.2017.00436

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“…Ability in handling this technology is not only considered essential for daily functioning but also to formulate an individual's sense of independence in the community, thus increasing the quality of life in older adults (Reppermund et al, 2017;van Boekel, Peek, & Luijkx, 2017). This ability is getting more and more common in the contemporary digitalized world (D'Onofrio et al, 2017;Percheski & Hargittai, 2011) and regarded as a core essential skill for the elderly (Arthanat, 2019;Klimova & Valis, 2017;Vahia, 2019;York Cornwell & Cagney, 2017). Due to the huge gap of existing daily living measurement tools, such as Lawton IADL and IADL-CV, being unable to re ect the currently technologically heavy times (Atkins et al, 2018;Czaja et al, 2017;Graf, 2009), therefore, we should have an instrument that can evaluate individuals' functions in the contemporary community nowadays.…”

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Adoption and Handling Information Communication Technology as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Aging-in-Place in Chinese Older Adults

Lai

Tong

Yan

et al. 2020

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(Background) The use of information communication technology and smartphone application are crucial to individuals’ functional independence of community living. Previous studies did not reveal how older adults’ in applying the information communication technology will affect their aging-in-place in our contemporary community. (Methods) This study aimed at developing the psychometric properties of the instrument named Advanced Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (AIADL), and to explore the adoption and handling information communication technology in instrumental activities of daily living for aging-in-place of older adults. 100 home-living participants who are functionally and socially independent, 100 hostel-living participants who are functionally independent but need social assistance, and 100 care-and-attention home living participants who need environment support and assistance in daily functioning were recruited for this study. (Results) AIADL showed good test-retest reliability and good-to-excellent internal consistency. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor structure with “home living and management” and “community living”. Validity analysis with the known-groups method showed a high overall accuracy of prediction of individuals’ capability of independent living in the community. (Conclusions) AIADL is a valid and reliable instrument to assess older adults’ ability in handling contemporary instrumental activities in their daily life. This instrument can serve as a reference in measuring individuals’ ability of aging-in-place.

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Adoption and Handling Information Communication Technology as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Aging-in-Place in Chinese Older Adults

Lai

Tong

Yan

et al. 2020

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“…The high-speed development of mobile health (mHealth) provides a good prospect for the management of chronic diseases. There are more and more elderly people using smartphones in the world, which have become an important prerequisite for patients to actively participate in mHealth (15). At present, mHealth has been used in the fields of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases (16), and it plays a role in improving health management compliance, symptom management, and social support for individuals with chronic diseases (17).…”

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Smartphone Applications in the Management of Parkinson's Disease in a Family Setting: An Opinion Article

Zhang¹,

Dong²,

Hua³

et al. 2021

Front. Neurol.

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“…This can be achieved not only by continuous support from their family members, but current trends show an important role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in this process. They are also known under the common name as gerontechnology because they try to meet the needs of aging society [6][7].…”

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Acceptance and Use of Mobile Devices and Apps by Elderly People

Klímová

2018

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Currently, there is an increase in the number of older generation groups. These demographic changes obviously cause serious social and economic problems. Therefore, there is a need to prolong an active life of elderly people, who want to lead active, fulfilling and quality life in a sense of their inclusion, socialization and independence. This can be achieved not only by continuous support from their family members, but current trends show an important role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in this process. The purpose of this study is to explore the acceptance and use of mobile technology, specifically mobile devices and applications by elderly people, both from the technical and sociological point of view. The methods used in this study include a method of literature review of available sources, a method of comparison and evaluation of the findings from the selected studies on this topic. The findings show that although there is a number of mobile apps for the elderly on the market, they do not usually meet specific needs of these people such as their physical and cognitive impairments or relevant technical specifications of mobile device designed for this group of people. In addition, since the use of mobile technologies by elderly people is quite a new field of research, there are almost no research studies which would prove acceptance of these mobile apps. Therefore, there is a need of vast and detailed research in this area and also find a solution to this complex technological and sociological issue.

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Smartphone Applications Can Serve as Effective Cognitive Training Tools in Healthy Aging

Cited by 33 publications

References 29 publications

Adoption and Handling Information Communication Technology as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Aging-in-Place in Chinese Older Adults

Adoption and Handling Information Communication Technology as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Aging-in-Place in Chinese Older Adults

Smartphone Applications in the Management of Parkinson's Disease in a Family Setting: An Opinion Article

Acceptance and Use of Mobile Devices and Apps by Elderly People

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