Pub Date : 2024-02-10DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.842.02
X. Gu, Sahar Hamido, Kenji Itoh
Background: Advanced sensor technology, such as commercial wearable activity trackers, is expected to be useful for improving public health in an aging society. However, its effects on psychological and behavioral changes in older adults have not been thoroughly investigated. Objective: This study aimed to clarify the effects of wearable activity trackers on psychological and behavioral changes in older adults before the pandemic and to confirm whether the effects were maintained during the pandemic. Method: Thirty Japanese older adults wearing Fitbit trackers for 12 weeks (i.e., six weeks before the pandemic and six weeks during the onset of the pandemic) in a real-life setting participated in this study. Participants’ perceptions of physical activity (PA) and monitoring were measured weekly using a questionnaire in addition to the pre-monitoring survey (baseline). Results: Significant positive effects of activity trackers were observed on participants’ awareness of the benefits of PA and motivation toward monitoring from the first week, and high levels were maintained until the end of the study, regardless of the pandemic. Accordingly, an approximately 3,000-steps/day increase was observed in the first week and maintained before the pandemic; although PA levels decreased during the onset of the pandemic, they remained higher than at baseline. The decrease in the number of steps and activity calories in COVID-19-non-affected participants was 2%. In the affected participants, an 11% decrease in steps and an 8% decrease in activity calories were observed, indicating that 3% was compensated by other activities. Conclusion: Positive effects of activity trackers were observed on older adults’ awareness of PA benefits. Thus, future studies are required to verify the effects of increased PA benefits awareness on older adults’ long-term activity levels for their health.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-10DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.845.03
P. Laksmi, A. A. Dinakrisma, Teofilus Abdiel, A. P. Susanto, Arierta Pujitresnani, Arya Ananda Indrajaya Lukmana, P. A. Yusuf
{"title":"Digital divide: Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward mobile phone and apps use among Indonesian older adults residing in a megapolitan city","authors":"P. Laksmi, A. A. Dinakrisma, Teofilus Abdiel, A. P. Susanto, Arierta Pujitresnani, Arya Ananda Indrajaya Lukmana, P. A. Yusuf","doi":"10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.845.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.845.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140459239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-10DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.842.02
X. Gu, Sahar Hamido, Kenji Itoh
Background: Advanced sensor technology, such as commercial wearable activity trackers, is expected to be useful for improving public health in an aging society. However, its effects on psychological and behavioral changes in older adults have not been thoroughly investigated. Objective: This study aimed to clarify the effects of wearable activity trackers on psychological and behavioral changes in older adults before the pandemic and to confirm whether the effects were maintained during the pandemic. Method: Thirty Japanese older adults wearing Fitbit trackers for 12 weeks (i.e., six weeks before the pandemic and six weeks during the onset of the pandemic) in a real-life setting participated in this study. Participants’ perceptions of physical activity (PA) and monitoring were measured weekly using a questionnaire in addition to the pre-monitoring survey (baseline). Results: Significant positive effects of activity trackers were observed on participants’ awareness of the benefits of PA and motivation toward monitoring from the first week, and high levels were maintained until the end of the study, regardless of the pandemic. Accordingly, an approximately 3,000-steps/day increase was observed in the first week and maintained before the pandemic; although PA levels decreased during the onset of the pandemic, they remained higher than at baseline. The decrease in the number of steps and activity calories in COVID-19-non-affected participants was 2%. In the affected participants, an 11% decrease in steps and an 8% decrease in activity calories were observed, indicating that 3% was compensated by other activities. Conclusion: Positive effects of activity trackers were observed on older adults’ awareness of PA benefits. Thus, future studies are required to verify the effects of increased PA benefits awareness on older adults’ long-term activity levels for their health.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.ree.08
J. Rees, F. Matcham, Freya Probst, S. Ourselin, Yu Shi, M. Antonelli, A. Tinker, Wei Liu
{"title":"Wearables, sensors and the future of technology to detect and infer loneliness in older adults","authors":"J. Rees, F. Matcham, Freya Probst, S. Ourselin, Yu Shi, M. Antonelli, A. Tinker, Wei Liu","doi":"10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.ree.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.ree.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45216735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.blo.08
Kenneth Blocker, T. Kadylak, W. Rogers
{"title":"Understanding the needs of older adults learning to use digital home assistants: A demonstration study","authors":"Kenneth Blocker, T. Kadylak, W. Rogers","doi":"10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.blo.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.blo.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42258302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.rya.08
Y. Ryan, G. Gutman
{"title":"Aging, artificial intelligence, and the built environment in smart cities: Ethical considerations","authors":"Y. Ryan, G. Gutman","doi":"10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.rya.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.rya.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41802992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.bou.08
Herman Bouma, Johanna E.M.H. van Bronswijk, Neil Charness, James L. Fozard, Alain A. Franco, Shigekazu Ishihara, Vappu Taipale
Anthea Tinker, 7th Grandmaster of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), has a passion for technology and older people, while stressing, for instance, housing for Ageing-in-Place as early as 1976. Currently in her eighties she is still active in international projects. The breadth and depth of her passion is shown in this issue of Gerontechnology journal.
{"title":"Welcome to ISG-Grandmaster Anthea Tinker!","authors":"Herman Bouma, Johanna E.M.H. van Bronswijk, Neil Charness, James L. Fozard, Alain A. Franco, Shigekazu Ishihara, Vappu Taipale","doi":"10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.bou.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.bou.08","url":null,"abstract":"Anthea Tinker, 7th Grandmaster of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), has a passion for technology and older people, while stressing, for instance, housing for Ageing-in-Place as early as 1976. Currently in her eighties she is still active in international projects. The breadth and depth of her passion is shown in this issue of Gerontechnology journal.","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135783252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.tin.08
A. Tinker
{"title":"Four decades: A longstanding interest in technology and older people","authors":"A. Tinker","doi":"10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.tin.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.tin.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38859,"journal":{"name":"Gerontechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44528057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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