Information and communication technology used by people with lower limb loss in Slovenia
| Autor: | Mojca Debeljak, Gaj Vidmar, Zlatko Matjacic, Helena Burger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Gerontology 030506 rehabilitation level of amputation medicine.medical_treatment Slovenia Population MEDLINE lower limb loss Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation level of education Lower limb older people Tablet computer Wearable Electronic Devices 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Amputees technology use Surveys and Questionnaires Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans education information and communication technology Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Peripheral Vascular Diseases Leg education.field_of_study business.industry Rehabilitation Middle Aged Radio comorbidity Amputation Information and Communications Technology Female Television The Internet Rural area 0305 other medical science Psychology business Cell Phone Brief Research Reports 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Readaptation |
| ISSN: | 0342-5282 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/mrr.0000000000000405 |
| Popis: | World demography is changing as the population ages and there are more people with disabilities having problems to stay independently at home. Innovative technologies could help extend the independence of older people living at home. As part of a collaborative project, we investigated ownership and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) among older people with lower limb loss (LLL) using questionnaires and retrospective analysis. Our aim was to analyse factors associated with ICT use among people with LLL. We identified age as the main factor that limits ownership and use of ICT among older people with LLL in Slovenia. Cause of amputation also appears to be relevant, whereby those who had amputation because of peripheral vascular disease are more likely to use a personal or tablet computer, social networks, messaging apps, email and internet than those who had amputation because of diabetes. In addition, those living in the suburbs are more likely to use a health monitoring device than those living in the countryside. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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