Social Participation in Relation to Technology Use and Social Deprivation

A Mixed Methods Study Among Older People with and without Dementia

Bibliographic Data

ID15501418
AuthorsSophie Nadia Gaber (0000-0001-5804-0433, Karolinska Institutet), Louise Nygård (0000-0003-1813-7390, Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author), Anna Brorsson (0000-0003-1834-3418, Karolinska Institutet), Anders Kottorp (0000-0002-8976-2612, Malmö University), Georgina Charlesworth (0000-0002-5278-1756, North East London NHS Foundation Trust), Sarah Wallcook (0000-0002-8861-7552, Karolinska Institutet), Camilla Malinowsky (0000-0002-6938-5282, Karolinska Institutet)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue11
Pages4022-4022
Publication date2020-06-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17114022
PMID32516958
OpenAlexW3033018169
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited37

Social participation is a modifiable determinant for health and wellbeing among older people; however, social participation is increasingly dependent on technology use. This study investigated social participation in relation to Everyday Technology use and social deprivation of the living environment, among older people with and without dementia in the United Kingdom. Sixty-four people with dementia and sixty-four people without dementia were interviewed using standardized questionnaires: The Participation in ACTivities and Places OUTside Home Questionnaire and Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire. A mixed methods approach integrated statistical analyses and content analysis of free-text responses, through data visualizations. Small, statistically significant associations were found between social participation and Everyday Technology use outside home, for participants with dementia ( R s = 0.247; p = 0.049) and without dementia ( R s = 0.343; p = 0.006). A small, statistically significant association was identified between social participation and social deprivation in the living environment, among only participants with dementia ( R s = 0.267, p = 0.033). The content analysis and graphical joint display revealed motivators, considerations that require extra attention, and strategies for managing social participation. The results underline how Everyday Technology use can be assistive to social participation but also the need to consider social deprivation of the living environment, especially among people with dementia

Dementia · Disease · Political science · Social deprivation · Social engagement · Social relation · Sociology · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults · Gerontology

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