The Effectiveness of Information Communication Technology for Older Adults: Using Social Networks

信息通信技术对老年人的有效性：使用社交网络

基本信息

批准号：
8877845
负责人：
Sajay Arthanat
金额：
$ 37.01万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-08-15 至 2019-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8877845
关键词：
Activities of Daily Living Address Adopted Adoption Age Age-Years Aging Attitude Characteristics Chronic Communication Communities Community Health Community Services Control Groups Data Development Education Educational Background Effectiveness Elderly Emotional Enrollment Failure Family Family member Focus Groups Frequencies Friends Funding General Population Gerontology Goals Grant Health Health Benefit Health Priorities Health Resources Health Services Home environment Human Human Resources Improve Access Information Resources Institutionalization Intervention Jordan Knowledge Learning Life Link Loneliness Mainstreaming Measures Mental Depression Mental Health Needs Assessment New England New Hampshire Occupational Therapy Pattern Personal Communication Personal Satisfaction Population Provider Randomized Randomized Controlled Trials Reporting Research Research Support Resources Risk Role Rural Community Self Efficacy Services Social Network Social isolation Students Surveys Target Populations Technology Testing Training Training Programs Transportation Validation Widowhood base caregiving cohort community living community organizations cost digital disability eHealth economic cost ethnic minority population evidence base experience healthy aging high risk low socioeconomic status mortality new technology novel physical conditioning psychosocial public health relevance rural area skills social statistics tool trend virtual

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a virtual medium for sustaining human relations, personal communication and social participation. Older adults are the emerging segment of ICT consumers. However, with reports indicating an ever-growing digital skill divide between them and younger ICT users, a vast population of older adults may not get to realize the multidimensional benefits of ICT. With these trends combined with a decline in health and functioning associated with aging, distinctive cohorts of older adults remain at-risk of losing social connections and access to community resources. Therefore, it is critical to explore whether investing in resources to improve access and use of ICT by high-risk older adults can augment their technology adoption, social connections, information and health resource access and independent community living. This project has two specific aims. The first aim is to gain an understanding of the characteristics and the needs of high-risk older adults in using and adopting ICT, specifically focusing on current usage, challenges, and barriers to learning, and identification of personal goals linked to ICT. Based on these findings, the second aim is to develop a novel ICT intervention specific to the needs of high- risk older adults and empirically test its effect on broad ranging psychosocial and health indicators. The second aim's activity [intervention] will target the identified high-risk cohorts of older adults living in small towns and rural communities in New Hampshire, because the scope of ICT may be more significant in terms of their health, subjective well-being, and community access. To address Aim I, we will conduct a needs assessment of older adults through: 1) a survey of 400 older adults; and 2) two focus groups comprised of older adults (n=12) and primary support family members and agency personnel (n=12). To address Aim II, we will conduct a two-year randomized study with 80 older adults with 40 enrolled in an individualized home-based ICT training program, and the other 40 assigned to a control group. The training will be regulated in a way to facilitate sustainable use of ICT by the end of the study. Data will be collected prior to the training and during six-month intervals through the two-year study and will include measures of social connectedness, technology adoption and self-efficacy, independence, subjective wellbeing and health. The findings are expected to generate evidence- based knowledge and inform health and service providers about practical strategies for incorporating ICT for meaningful aging-in-place. This study will be useful contribution to gerontology and ICT research, as it will yield data that has not previously been reported within the target population.

描述（由申请人提供）：信息和通信技术 (ICT) 已成为维持人际关系、个人交流和社会参与的虚拟媒介。然而，有报告表明，老年人的数字化需求不断增长。由于这些趋势以及与老龄化相关的健康和功能下降，大量老年人可能无法意识到信息通信技术的多方面好处，因此老年人群体仍然面临风险。失去社会联系和因此，探讨投资资源以改善高风险老年人对 ICT 的获取和使用是否可以增强他们的技术采用、社会联系、信息和卫生资源获取以及独立社区生活至关重要。有两个具体目标：第一个目标是了解特征和高风险老年人在使用和采用信息通信技术方面的需求，特别关注当前的使用情况、挑战和学习障碍，并确定与信息通信技术相关的个人目标。基于这些发现，第二个目标是开发一种新颖的信息通信技术。针对高风险老年人的需求进行干预，并通过实证检验其对广泛的社会心理和健康指标的影响。第二个目标的活动[干预]将针对居住在小城镇和农村社区的已确定的高风险老年人群体。新罕布什尔州，因为范围ICT 在老年人的健康、主观幸福感和社区接入方面可能更为重要。为了实现目标 I，我们将通过以下方式对老年人进行需求评估：1）对 400 名老年人进行调查；2）两个重点；由老年人 (n=12) 和主要支持家庭成员和机构人员 (n=12) 组成的小组为了实现目标 II，我们将对 80 名老年人进行一项为期两年的随机研究，其中 40 人参加了个性化家庭。基于信息通信技术培训计划，另外 40 名被分配到对照组的人员将在研究结束前和每六个月的培训期间收集数据，以促进信息通信技术的可持续使用。这项为期两年的研究将包括社会联系、技术采用和自我效能、独立性、主观幸福感和健康的衡量标准，研究结果预计将产生基于证据的知识，并为卫生和服务提供者提供将信息通信技术纳入有意义的实用策略。这项研究将进行就地老龄化。对老年学和信息通信技术研究做出了有益的贡献，因为它将产生以前未在目标人群中报告过的数据。