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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2025

A Technology-Based Intervention Impacts Quality of Life for Low-Income Older Adults by Reducing Loneliness and Improving Healthcare Self-Efficacy and Self-Rated Health.

T Anne Richards, Doug Oman, Angela DiMartino, Ashwin A Kotwal

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A Bayesian Structural Equation Model to Predict Quality of Life in European Older Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

T Anne RichardsCurry Senior Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7788-7146
Doug OmanUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Angela DiMartinoCurry Senior Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ashwin A KotwalUniversity of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

VARC CoreP30AG044281 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Louise C. Walter · 2013 to 2026
$19.9M
Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Adults with and without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in the Last Years of LifeK23AG065438 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KOTWAL, ASHWIN AJIT · 2020 to 2024
$809k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG065438NIA NIH HHS P30 AG044281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper describes a technology program aimed at developing technical skills and confidence, reducing social isolation and loneliness, and increasing healthcare self-management and self-efficacy among older adults. We conducted a mixed-methods study using surveys collected at baseline and 12 months from 90 older adults. Focus group data (

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LonelinessPovertyQuality of LifeSelf EfficacyAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFocus GroupsHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedSelf-ManagementSocial IsolationSurveys and Questionnairescommunity-based interventionhealthcare self-efficacyhealth self-managementlonelinessmixed methodsolder adultsquality of life

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PMID39383498
PMCPMC11978907

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