Internet use and cognitive frailty in older adults: a large-scale multidimensional approach.
Although research on sociodemographic correlates of internet use in older adults without and with pronounced cognitive impairment is already quite extensive, much less is known about the relationship between cognitive frailty (CF) and this behaviour. As CF is associated to multidimensional frailty a...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 1135 - 1145 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=160646058&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 160646058 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2022 vid: 19 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 160646058 10.1007/s10433-022-00686-2 ppf: 1135 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 824KB tig: atl: Internet use and cognitive frailty in older adults: a large-scale multidimensional approach. aug: au: Dequanter, Samantha Gorus, Ellen Van Laere, Sven De Witte, Nico Verté, Dominique Steenhout, Iris Fobelets, Maaike Buyl, Ronald affil: Department of Public Health Sciences, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (BISI) Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Department of Gerontology, Frailty in Ageing (FRIA) Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Department of Geriatrics, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium Department of Educational Sciences, Belgian Ageing Studies (BAS) Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Department of Education, Health and Social Work, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium su: Belgium Electronic commerce Internet access Communication Sociodemographic factors Internet addiction Information technology Old age Cognition disorder risk factors Research Structural equation modeling Frail elderly Risk assessment Surveys Independent living Questionnaires Statistical correlation Cognition in old age sug: subj: Electronic commerce Internet access Communication Sociodemographic factors Internet addiction Information technology Old age Belgium Electronic shopping and mail-order houses Electronic Shopping Cognition disorder risk factors Research Structural equation modeling Frail elderly Risk assessment Surveys Independent living Questionnaires Statistical correlation Cognition in old age keyword: Aged adults Cognitive impairment Frailty ICT Internet Technology Aged adults Cognitive impairment Frailty ICT Internet Technology ab: Although research on sociodemographic correlates of internet use in older adults without and with pronounced cognitive impairment is already quite extensive, much less is known about the relationship between cognitive frailty (CF) and this behaviour. As CF is associated to multidimensional frailty aspects, this study explored the relationship between internet use and CF, operationalised as Subjective Cognitive Impairment, in older adults by means of a comprehensive explanatory model including sociodemographic factors and multiple frailty measures. The dataset included a sample of community-dwelling 60 + older adults that were included in the Belgian Ageing Studies (BAS) and that completed survey questions on (i) internet use frequency and (ii) internet activities. Multidimensional frailty was measured with the CFAI-Plus. The analysis comprised a structural equation modelling (SEM) procedure. Internet use was frequent; however, it became less frequent with higher CF. Moreover, the latter used less tablets as compared to the no-low CF group. Navigating the web, sharing email and online banking were the most frequently reported activities. Tele-communicating with Skype, online shopping and using e-government services were the least frequent. Age, female gender, lower income and living with a partner were also negatively associated with internet use. To conclude, CF, along with other frailty and sociodemographic factors, was negatively related to internet use in older adults. Future research should focus, amongst others, on the dynamic processes underlying internet use in the population of older adults affected by CF. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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