Perceived difficulty in everyday technology use among older adults with or without cognitive deficits

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Rosenberg, Lena ^a   Kottorp, Anders ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Nygård, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Assessment; Dementia; Home environment; IADL; MCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE COOKING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERVIEW; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER LITERACY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 72049128885     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038120802684299     Document Type: Article

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