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Information and communicative technology use enhances psychological well-being of older adults: the roles of age, social connectedness, and frailty status.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9705773 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1364-6915 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13607863 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Aging Ment Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Publication: Abingdon : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group
      Original Publication: Abingdon ; Cambridge, MA : Carfax, c1997-
    • الموضوع:
      Health Status* ; Personal Satisfaction* ; Social Networking*; Aging/*psychology ; Computers, Handheld/*statistics & numerical data ; Family/*psychology ; Frailty/*epidemiology ; Internet/*statistics & numerical data; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Frail Elderly ; Friends ; Hong Kong ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Objectives: Information and communicative technology (ICT) use is a potential vehicle for improving the psychological well-being (PWB) of older people. We examined the roles of age, frailty, and social connectedness in the relationship between ICT use and PWB.
      Method: Telephone interviews were conducted in mid-2016 with 1201 participants aged 50 and above (55.7% female) residing in Hong Kong, China. The participants reported PWB, ICT use (frequency of using the Internet and smart devices), frailty status, contact with family, friends, and neighbors, self-rated health, subjective financial sufficiency, education level, and employment status.
      Results: We found that the association between ICT and PWB was moderated by age: ICT was associated with PWB only among old-olds (75+), but not in other age groups. This moderation was mediated by contact with family, but not with friends or neighbors. The moderation was further qualified by frailty status: the ICT-by-age moderation was found only among frail, but not pre-frail or robust older adults.
      Conclusion: The findings suggest that ICT use can potentially enhance the PWB of older adults aged 75+ through facilitating their contact with family members. These benefits might be particularly salient for those who were frail. Improving ICT access and literacy among older adults may be promising.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Hong Kong SAR; Life satisfaction; gerontechnology; selective optimization and compensation; socio-emotional selectivity theory
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20170805 Date Completed: 20191104 Latest Revision: 20191104
    • الموضوع:
      20221213
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1080/13607863.2017.1358354
    • الرقم المعرف:
      28777010