Adoption and use of Smartphones by the Elderly in Nigeria

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“…The convenience of using a touch screen is used by the elderly in Nigeria to type messages and send them to their children through SMS or text messages because many of their children do not live in the same city where the elderly live [17]. However, this is different from the research of Sakdulyatham et al [18], which admits that it is challenging not to make mistakes when typing something or when scrolling the screen to find a menu list.…”

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How is the Elderly’s Capability to Use Smartphones in Banda Aceh

Nurhasanah

Asmawita²,

Khairani³

et al. 2022

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Smartphone is one form of technology that is increasing that provides many benefits for the elderly such as the many applications adapted to improve the quality of life of the elderly; one of them is the existence of health applications. AIM: The purpose of this study was to determine how the ability to use smartphones in the elderly in Banda Aceh, which includes the ability to use the basics of the software, communication, data and file storage, internet, calendar, entertainment, privacy, and security, and software troubleshooting and management. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study used a descriptive exploratory with a cross-sectional study design. The sampling technique is non-probability sampling using the snowball sampling method with as many as 400 older people. The research data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, namely, the distribution of frequencies and percentages. RESULTS: The results of the research in the capable component contained the primary use of mobile devices (99.5%), entertainment (95.3%), and the internet (86.3%). While the part that respondent is less capable, there are privacy and security (94.5%), data and file storage (81.7%), communication (79.5%), calendar (59.7%), as well as troubleshooting and device management soft (50.5%). CONCLUSION: From the study finding, it is expected that nursing services can improve the ability of the elderly in fulfilling the IADL. One of them is utilizing existing smartphone applications and providing nursing interventions for the elderly using smartphones.

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confidence: 99%