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Patterns of Technology Use Among Older Adults With and Without Disabilities
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The purpose of this study was to describe prevalence of technology use among adults ages 65 and older, particularly for those with disability and activity-limiting symptoms and impairments. DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries (N = 7,609), were analyzed. Analysis consisted of technology use (use of e-mail/text messages and the internet) by sociodemographic and health characteristics and prevalence ratios for technology usage by disability status. RESULTS: Forty percent of older adults used e-mail or text messaging and 42.7% used the internet. Higher prevalence of technology use was associated with younger age, male sex, white race, higher education level, and being married (all p values <.001). After adjustment for sociodemographic and health characteristics, technology use decreased significantly with greater limitations in physical capacity and greater disability. Vision impairment and memory limitations were also associated with lower likelihood of technology use. IMPLICATIONS: Technology usage in U.S. older adults varied significantly by sociodemographic and health status. Prevalence of technology use differed by the type of disability and activity-limiting impairments. The internet, e-mail, and text messaging might be viable mediums for health promotion and communication, particularly for younger cohorts of older adults and those with certain types of impairment and less severe disability.
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“%) is possibly due to this inclusion criterion, because women are less likely to use technology than men in the birth cohorts that our participants belong to (Gell et al., 2015).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gell, N. M., Rosenberg, D. E., Demiris, G., LaCroix, A. Z., & Patel, K. V.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gell, Nancy M.
- Venue
- The Gerontologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2013-12-30
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 412-421
- ISSN
- 0016-9013 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5341
- PMC
- PMC4542705
- OpenAlex
- W2114661329
- Cited by
- 450
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 40.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Gerontologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Johns Hopkins University
- National Health and Aging Trends Study (U01AG32947)
- National Institute on Aging (T32AG027677, NIA U01AG32947, U01AG032947)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- technology use, older adults, disability, internet use, email, text messaging, visual impairment, memory constraints, physical capacity, sociodemographic differences, health communication, health promotion
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Attitude to Computers, Female, Persons with Disabilities, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Technology, Prevalence, Internet, Electronic Mail, White People, Text Messaging
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