Steven Paul Woods|Jennifer E. Iudicello|Erin E. Morgan|Marizela Verduzco|Tyler V. Smith|Clint Cushman
Household Everyday Functioning in the Internet Age: Online Shopping and Banking Skills Are Affected in HIV?Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
University of Houston|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego
abstract objectives internet fundamental tool completing many different instrumental activities daily living iadl including shopping banking persons hivassociated neurocognitive disorders hand heightened risk iadl problems extent hand interferes performance internetbased household iadls known methods ninetythree individuals hiv disease 43 diagnosed hand 42 hiv comparison participants completed internetbased tests shopping banking participants used mock credentials log experimentercontrolled web site independently performed series typical online shopping eg purchasing household goods banking eg transferring funds accounts tasks results individuals hand significantly likely fail online shopping task neurocognitively normal hiv hiv participants hand also associated poorer overall performance versus hiv normals online banking task hand group internetbased task scores correlated episodic memory executive functions motor skills numeracy hiv sample whole lower internetbased task scores uniquely associated poorer performancebased functional capacity selfreported declines shopping financial management daily life global manifest functional status conclusions findings indicate hand associated difficulties using internet complete important household everyday functioning tasks development validation effective internet training compensatory strategies may help improve household management persons hand jins 2017 23 605615