ArticleThe Gerontologist2019
Attitudes Toward Computers Across Adulthood From 1994 to 2013.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05220631 (A Technological Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Technological Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Performance using a visuo-haptic surgical simulator is affected by age.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2026Article
- Objective Assessment of Financial Decision-Making With a Simulated Online Money Management Task in Older Adults: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to usability of a smartphone-based digital mental health tool in older adults: Insights from a secondary analysis of mindLAMP.International psychogeriatrics · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With the Ability To Keep Up With Technology Developments: Findings From a National Multigenerational Cross-Sectional Survey in Sweden.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Technology in the Care of Historically Marginalized Populations With Asthma: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025Article
- The impact of active social media use on the mental health of older adults.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Health-related resources and social support as enablers of digital device use among older Finns.Journal of public health (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- A focus group study for the design of a web-based tool for improving problem-solving in older adults.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Smartphone App Designed to Collect Health Information in Older Adults: Usability Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Evidence of How Physicians and Their Patients Adopt mHealth Apps in Germany: Exploratory Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Protocol for a co-design study for the development of a chronotherapeutic mobile health behaviour change intervention targeting light exposure among older adults.F1000Research · 2024Article
- Research Centers Collaborative Network Workshop on Digital Health Approaches to Research in Aging.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Attitudes related to technology for active and healthy aging in a national multigenerational survey.Nature aging · 2023Article
- Public attitudes towards the use of novel technologies in their future healthcare: a UK survey.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Regardless of the increased deployment of technologies in everyday living domains, barriers remain that hamper technology adoption by older adults. Understanding barriers to adoption such as individual differences in attitudes toward computers is important to the design of strategies to reduce age-related digital disparities. Research Design and Methods: This article reports a time-sequential analysis of data from the Edward R. Roybal Center on Human Factors and Aging Research and the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) on computer attitudes among a large (N = 3,917), diverse sample of community-dwelling adults aged from 18 to 98 years. The data were gathered from 1994 to 2013. Results: The findings indicated that there are still age disparities in attitudes; older adults report less comfort with and less efficacy about using computers than younger people. We also found a cohort (birth year) effect; attitudes are generally more positive among more recent birth cohorts. Those who have more education and experience with computers also have more positive attitudes. Males generally have more positive attitudes than females; however, the gender difference decreases with increased age. Discussion and Implications: Technology affords potential benefits for older people, but lack of uptake in technology clearly puts older adults at a disadvantage in terms of negotiating today's digital world. This article provides insight into attitudinal barriers that may affect on technology uptake among older adults. The findings have implications for the design of technology training programs, design of technology systems, and policy.
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