Computerized interface to investigate the quality of life in depressive elders...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose Elderly people experience more difficulties with technology than younger people1, especially in depressed elders. Depression decreases elders' motivation to perform daily activities and hinders their quality of life (QOL) by impairing physical and mental function. Moreover, depressed elders...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 300 - 301 |
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