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ArticleScientific reports2024

Association of information technology ability, workplace social engagement, and successful ageing: validation of a short measure with three African samples.

Nestor Asiamah, Sylvester Hatsu, Faith Muhonja, Confidence Chinwe Opara, Frank Frimpong Opuni, Emelia Danquah, Sarra Sghaier

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nestor AsiamahDivision of Interdisciplinary Research and Practice, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK. n.asiamah@essex.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-6430
Sylvester HatsuDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Africa Center for Epidemiology, P. O. Box AN 18462, Accra, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-853X
Faith MuhonjaDepartment of Community Health, School of Public Health, Amref International University, P. O. Box 27691, Nairobi, 00506, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-2672
Confidence Chinwe OparaDepartment of Banking and Finance, College of Management Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-4606
Frank Frimpong OpuniDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Africa Center for Epidemiology, P. O. Box AN 18462, Accra, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-6541
Emelia DanquahDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Africa Center for Epidemiology, P. O. Box AN 18462, Accra, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-1074
Sarra SghaierDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Africa Center for Epidemiology, P. O. Box AN 18462, Accra, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-1980

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the association of workplace social engagement (WSE) and information technology ability (ITA) with successful ageing and validated a brief scale measuring WSE. The interaction of WSE and ITA on successful ageing was also assessed. A cross-sectional design was adopted, and the participants were 1186 older adults living in Kenya (n = 350), Nigeria (n = 260), and Ghana (n = 576). Pearson's correlation and factor analyses of two datasets (i.e., waves 1 and 2) from the sample were utilised to validate the WSE scale. Hierarchical linear regression analysis with relevant sensitivity analyses were utilised to assess the associations with wave 2 data. The WSE scale produced satisfactory psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and validity) as a unidimensional measure. WSE and ITA were positively associated with successful ageing in Kenya and Ghana and in the consolidated data. The interaction between WSE and ITA was positively associated with successful ageing and its domains (i.e., illness avoidance, functioning, and engagement with life) in Kenya, Ghana, and consolidated data. At higher ITA or the use of information technologies, WSE is less strongly associated with successful ageing. WSE is more strongly associated with successful ageing only at moderate ITA.

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Information TechnologyWorkplaceAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGhanaHumansKenyaMaleMiddle AgedNigeriaPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaires

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