ArticleAmerican journal of public health2003
Does assistive technology substitute for personal assistance among the disabled elderly?
Article in American journal of public health, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Role of Assistive Robots in the Care of Older People: Survey Study Among Medical and Nursing Students.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Can your house keep you out of a nursing home?Health economics · 2020Article
- Linking Mastery Across the Life Course to Mobility Device Use in Later Life.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2019Article
- Older Adults and Digital Society: Scientific Coverage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Disability Transitions Among Older Adults in the United States.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019Article
- Recruitment of caregivers into health services research: lessons from a user-centred design study.Research involvement and engagement · 2019Article
- New horizons in the compression of functional decline.Age and ageing · 2018Article
- The Impact of Service Dogs on Engagement in Occupation among Females with Mobility Impairments: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Successful Aging Through Successful Accommodation With Assistive Devices.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2017Article
- Explaining Disability Trends in the U.S. Elderly and Near-Elderly Population.Health services research · 2015Article
- Towards an Understanding of Racial Differences in Post-stroke Disability.Current epidemiology reports · 2015Article
- Navigating uncharted territory: a qualitative study of the experience of transitioning to wheelchair use among older adults and their care providers.BMC geriatrics · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examined whether use of equipment (technological assistance) to cope with disability was associated with use of fewer hours of help from another person (personal assistance).
methodsIn a cross-sectional study of 2368 community dwellers older than 65 years with 1 or more limitations in basic activities of daily living (ADLs) from the 1994 National Long Term Care Survey, the relation between technological assistance and personal assistance was examined.
resultsAmong people with ADL limitations, multivariate models showed a strong and consistent relation between technological assistance and personal assistance, whereby use of equipment was associated with fewer hours of help.
conclusionsAmong people with disability, use of assistive technology was associated with use of fewer hours of personal assistance.
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