Willingness and performance of older adults using Information ana Communication Technologies for cognitive activity and social interaction.
This study is part of a project aimed at designing a learning intervention to enable older Costa Ricans to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for enhancing cognitive activity and social interaction. This paper presents some results of the designed learning intervention related to p...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 160 - 174 |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=132912286&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 132912286 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 17 iid: 3 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 132912286 132912286 132912286 10.4017/gt.2018.17.3.004.00 132912286 ppf: 160 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Willingness and performance of older adults using Information ana Communication Technologies for cognitive activity and social interaction. aug: au: Castro-Rojas, Maria Dolores affil: Programme in Human Centered Communication and Informatics, e-LearningLab, Center for User Driven Innovation, Learning and Design, Center for Developmental & Applied Psychological Science (CeDAPS), Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark sug: subj: Cognition Disorders Prevention and Control Social Isolation Prevention and Control Interpersonal Relations Patient Education In Old Age Communication Education Information Technology Education Assistive Technology Devices Education Patient Attitudes In Old Age Support, Psychosocial Task Performance and Analysis Human Memory Peer Group Internet Social Networks Life History Review Games Content Analysis Empathy Sociology Linear Regression Statistical Significance Age Factors Educational Status Optimism Socioeconomic Factors Cost Benefit Analysis Aged Aged: 65+ years ab: This study is part of a project aimed at designing a learning intervention to enable older Costa Ricans to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for enhancing cognitive activity and social interaction. This paper presents some results of the designed learning intervention related to participants' willingness to include the proposed activities with ICT in their daily routines, adequateness of ICT applications to support older adults' ICT use for cognitive activity and social interaction, and participants' performance in the designed cognitive and social activities. The learning intervention focused on stimulating autobiographical memory (ABM) and training cognitive abilities such as attention, flexibility, problem solving and memory while having social interaction with peers. Forty-one older adults used online social platforms for sharing personal reminiscences and played online cognitive games to train cognitive abilities. Results showed that participants were willing and able to accomplish the cognitive activities freely and independently during the learning intervention period and beyond that period. Content analysis indicated that most of the shared reminiscences were specific personal memories from participants' childhood, which accomplished the social function of reminiscence by creating empathy and social cohesion among participants. Participants improved performance in online cognitive games by repetitive practice. In a linear mixed effect model analysis, the number of times played had a statistically significant effect on performance improvement, whereas factors such as age, education, and positive attitude towards technology did not. Results suggested that this type of intervention can be beneficial for older adults from several cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and a potential avenue for cost effective interventions aimed to reduce the risks of cognitive impairment and social isolation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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