2022
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.861897
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Smartphone Use, Technology Affordance for Healthcare and Elders' Life Satisfaction

Abstract: Previous studies have examined how smartphones influence the life satisfaction of the elderly, but the existence of conflicting conclusions suggests the existence of a “black box”. In this study, using a survey from 941 elders, we examine whether smartphone use can improve life satisfaction of the elders by inducing emotional affordance offered by social networking Apps and functional affordance offered by healthcare system Apps. It is found that both emotional affordance and functional affordance acted as int… Show more

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“…22 This has been accompanied by the expansion in the proportion of mobile applications, which may further facilitate that choice. 36 This is reflected in the survey findings, with smart phones and iPods as the most common mode of delivery among those applying self-selected music listening. This aligns with the reports among older adults, that mobile devices, smart phones, and streaming services have grown in popularity for music listening, 37 with evidence that healthy older individuals are capable and open to use this technology, including for the purpose of accessing their preferred music.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…22 This has been accompanied by the expansion in the proportion of mobile applications, which may further facilitate that choice. 36 This is reflected in the survey findings, with smart phones and iPods as the most common mode of delivery among those applying self-selected music listening. This aligns with the reports among older adults, that mobile devices, smart phones, and streaming services have grown in popularity for music listening, 37 with evidence that healthy older individuals are capable and open to use this technology, including for the purpose of accessing their preferred music.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 30 Smartphones are rapidly penetrating into people’s daily lives, and more and more seniors will use these new technologies to maintain their health and well-being. 31 Third, mobile health applications can help older adults access health information more conveniently. With the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, offline health education is gradually beginning to shift to an online education approach.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Digitization can be understood as the conversion from analog information to digital (computer-readable) information ( Flyverbom, 2019 ) or the direct input of digital information ( Bailey et al, 2012 ). As times have changed, organizations in all industries have begun to move toward digital forms of work ( Li et al, 2022 ). Leonardi and Treem (2020) proposed that digitization transforms organizational operational processes by removing or reducing work-related constraints, including those of time, space, and location.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%