Everyday technology use among older adults in Sweden and Portugal.
Background: Technology use is relevant for engaging in everyday occupations and aging in place and difficulties might limit participation. Aim: The aim of the present study was two-fold: to investigate the internal scale validity of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) in a matched Portu...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 436 - 446 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=134622350&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 134622350 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11038128 BD9 jtl: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 11038128 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov2018 vid: 25 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 134622350 134622350 134622350 10.1080/11038128.2017.1311940 134622350 ppf: 436 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Everyday technology use among older adults in Sweden and Portugal. aug: au: Patomella, Ann-Helen Kottorp, Anders Ferreira, Manuela Rosenberg, Lena Uppgard, Brittmari Nygård, Louise affil: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden sug: subj: Cognition Disorders Psychosocial Factors Activities of Daily Living Technology Utilization Technology Utilization Instrument Validation Questionnaires Evaluation Human Male Female Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Sweden Portugal Psychometrics Cross Sectional Studies Television Internet Cellular Phone Microwaves Data Analysis Software Validation Studies Mann-Whitney U Test T-Tests Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Rasch Analysis Mantel-Haenszel Test Post Hoc Analysis Educational Status Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: Technology use is relevant for engaging in everyday occupations and aging in place and difficulties might limit participation. Aim: The aim of the present study was two-fold: to investigate the internal scale validity of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) in a matched Portuguese and a Swedish sample of older adults without known cognitive impairments and to compare everyday technology use (i.e., the relevance of Everyday Technology (ET) and perceived difficulty of using ET). Methods: The Rasch rating scale model was used to investigate the psychometric properties of the data from the two countries. Analyses were then used to compare the samples. Results: There is evidence of internal scale and person response validity in the Swedish and Portuguese ETUQ datasets. The Swedish sample demonstrated almost 25% more ETs to be relevant, as compared to the Portuguese sample (p < .05). The samples' means of perceived difficulty in using ETs were similar. Conclusions: The results support that the ETUQ is a valid assessment for measuring the relevance of and perceived difficulty of ET use and is able to detect differences and similarities between older adults in these European countries in relation to ET use in the home and society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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