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Differences in the use of everyday technology among persons with MCI, SCI and older adults without known cognitive impairment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2017

Camilla Malinowsky ,
Anders Kottorp ,
Anders Wallin ,
Arto Nordlund ,
Eva Björklund ,
Ilse Melin ,
Anette Pernevik ,
Lena Rosenberg  and
Louise Nygård
Camilla Malinowsky*
Affiliation:
Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Kottorp
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Anders Wallin
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Memory Clinic at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Arto Nordlund
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Memory Clinic at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Eva Björklund
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Memory Clinic at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ilse Melin
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Memory Clinic at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Anette Pernevik
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Memory Clinic at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lena Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Louise Nygård
Affiliation:
Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Camilla Malinowsky, Division of Occupational Therapy, Fack 23200, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden. Phone: +468 524 837 52. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Background:

To use valid subjective reports sensible to cognitive decline is vital to identify very early signs of dementia development. Use of everyday technology (ET) has been shown to be sensitive to differentiate adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from controls, but the group with subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) has not yet been examined. This study aims to investigate and compare self-perceived ability in ET use and number of ETs reported as actually used in a sample of older adults with SCI, MCI, and older adults with no known cognitive impairment, i.e. controls.

Methods:

Older adults with MCI (n = 29), SCI (n = 26), and controls (n = 30) were interviewed with the short version of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (S-ETUQ) to capture self-perceived ability in ET use and number of ETs used. To generate individual measures of ability to use ET, Rasch analysis was used. The measures were then compared group-wise using ANCOVA. The numbers of ETs used were compared group-wise with ANOVA.

Results:

Controls versus SCI and MCI differed significantly regarding ETs reported as used, but not SCI versus MCI. Similarly, in ability to use ET, controls versus SCI and MCI differed significantly but not SCI versus MCI.

Conclusions:

The significantly lower numbers of ETs reported as actually used and the lower ability in SCI and MCI groups compared to controls suggest that ET use is affected already in very minor cognitive decline. This indicates that self-reported ET use based on the S-ETUQ is sensitive to detect changes already in SCI.

Keywords

ADLcognitive impairment
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , July 2017 , pp. 1193 - 1200
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2017 

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