Depression, everyday technology use and life satisfaction in older adults with cognitive impairments: a cross‐sectional exploratory study
| Autor: | Louise Nygård, Mandana Fallahpour, Anders Kottorp, Hanna Köttl, Annicka Hedman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology
Occupational therapy Technology medicine.medical_specialty Exploratory research Personal Satisfaction Disease Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans Cognitive Dysfunction 030212 general & internal medicine Everyday life Aged 030504 nursing Descriptive statistics Depression Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Life satisfaction Cognition humanities Cross-Sectional Studies 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 35:233-243 |
| ISSN: | 1471-6712 0283-9318 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/scs.12838 |
| Popis: | RATIONAL Life satisfaction is strongly associated with participation in everyday life activities. Yet, older adults with cognitive impairments have been found to experience difficulties in accessing and engaging in more complex everyday activities, especially, if these involve everyday technology. Considering the rapidly advancing technological landscape, this may substantially affect individuals' life satisfaction and their participation in meaningful community-based and home-based activities. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the associations between life satisfaction, ability to use everyday technology and number of relevant everyday technologies used in older adults (n = 117) with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). It also aimed to understand the role of depression, activity involvement and diagnosis regarding life satisfaction in this sample. METHOD Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U tests and t-tests were applied to compare those satisfied and those dissatisfied with life regarding ability to use everyday technology and number of relevant everyday technologies used. FINDINGS The number of relevant community-based everyday technologies currently not used was significantly associated with being dissatisfied with life (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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