Sheila Payne, Dunja Begovic, Yakubu Salifu, Anna Nelson, Cathy Payne, Julia Downing, Pantelis Natsiavas, Julie Ling
Applying Digital Health in Cancer and Palliative Care in Europe: Policy Recommendations from an International Expert Workshop (MyPal Project)
Journal of palliative medicine
technology support healthy aging empower older adults live independently however technology adoption older adults particularly assistive technology limited little known types used among older adults study explored use key information communication technologies ict among communitydwelling adults aged 65 crosssectional study conducted among communitydwelling adults aged 65 southern germany using paperbased questionnaire questionnaire included questions three domains sociodemographic aspects health status technology use technology use considered separately key ict smartphone computerlaptop tablet range 31 different data analyzed using descriptive statistics univariate analyses bernoulli nave bayes modelling questionnaire answered 616 participants response rate 2464 ict used 497 8068 participants associated lower age higher level education living together someone availability internet connection higher interest technology better health status p 05 association found sex size hometown frequently owned landline phone body scale blood pressure monitor several related functionality instrumental activities daily living iadl morbidity used frequently among nonict users compared ictusers senior mobile phone 1933 vs 322 inhouse emergency call 1345 vs 101 hearing aid 2689 vs 167 personal lift 756 vs 161 electronic standup aid 42 vs 0 higher interest technology reported higher levels benefit technology use despite benefits older adults gain technology use remains low especially among multimorbidity particularly newer innovative iadlrelated appear underutilized considering potential challenges providing adequate care future may crucial support use specific among older frailer populations focus scientific societal work high impact autonomy iadldiseaserelated distinguished devices low impact autonomy household comfortrelated