The association of technology acceptance and physical activity on frailty in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic period.
Background: Physical activity was known to be the protective factor against frailty. Technology acceptance is associated with behavioural intention to technology usage. Technology has been effective in promoting healthy behaviour of physical activity. The purposes of this study were to examine the a...
| Publicado en: | European Review of Aging & Physical Activity Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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BioMed Central
12/19/2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=174321676&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 174321676 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 18137253 3RAQ jtl: European Review of Aging & Physical Activity issn: 18137253 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 12/19/2023 vid: 20 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 174321676 10.1186/s11556-023-00334-3 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: The association of technology acceptance and physical activity on frailty in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic period. aug: au: Kwan, Rick Yiu Cho Yeung, Joanna Wing Yan Lee, Janet Lok Chun Lou, Vivian W. Q. affil: https://ror.org/04jfz0g97 School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, SAR, China The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China https://ror.org/0030zas98 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China https://ror.org/02zhqgq86 Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China su: Hong Kong (China) COVID-19 pandemic Older people Frail elderly Physical activity Frailty Weight loss sug: subj: COVID-19 pandemic Older people Hong Kong (China) Frail elderly Physical activity Frailty Weight loss keyword: Older adults Technology acceptance Older adults Technology acceptance ab: Background: Physical activity was known to be the protective factor against frailty. Technology acceptance is associated with behavioural intention to technology usage. Technology has been effective in promoting healthy behaviour of physical activity. The purposes of this study were to examine the association between physical activity and technology acceptance with frailty and examine the moderation effect of technology acceptance on physical activity and frailty. We hypothesize that 1) physical activity and technology acceptance are associated with frailty, and 2) technology acceptance moderates the association of physical activity with frailty. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional design and was conducted in the community settings of Hong Kong in 2021. Eligible participants were old people aged ≥60 and were community-dwelling. Key variables included physical activity measured by Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA), social network measured by Lubben Social Network Scale-Six items (LSNS-6); depressive symptoms measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-Nine items (PHQ-9), technology acceptance measured by Senior Technology Acceptance Model-14 items (STAM-14) and frailty measured by Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illnesses, & Loss of Weight scale (FRAIL). Ordinal logistic regression was employed to test the hypotheses. The moderation effect was examined by introducing an interaction term formed by the multiplication of an independent variable (i.e., physical activity) and a moderating variable (i.e., technology acceptance). Results: This study recruited 380 eligible participants with a mean age of 66.5 years. Technology acceptance (Beta = − 0.031, p < 0.001, Pseudo-R = 0.087) and physical activity (Beta = − 0.182, p = 0.003, Pseudo-R = 0.027) were associated with frailty in the unadjusted models. Technology acceptance (Beta = − 0.066, p < 0.001) and physical activity (Beta = − 1.192, p < 0.001) were also associated with frailty in the fully adjusted model (Pseudo-R = 0.352). Interaction term formed by the multiplication of technology acceptance and physical activity (Beta = 0.012, p = 0.001) was associated with frailty. Physical activity was significantly associated with frailty in the lower technology acceptance subgroup (Beta = − 0.313, p = 0.002) in the subgroup analysis. However, in the subgroup of higher technology acceptance, the association of physical activity (Beta = 0.104, p = 408) on frailty became positive but not significant. Conclusions: This study showed that physical activity and technology acceptance were associated with frailty, and technology acceptance moderated the association of physical activity with frailty. This study recommends engaging older adults in physical activity to combat frailty preferentially in those with a lower level of technology acceptance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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