Elementary Graphical Perception for Older Adults: A Comparison with the General Population

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p7801 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 1249-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thai Le ◽  
Cecilia Aragon ◽  
Hilaire J Thompson ◽  
George Demiris
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
General Population ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Perceptual Information ◽  
Graphical Display ◽  
Comparison Task ◽  
Perceptual Accuracy ◽  
Speed And Accuracy ◽  
Graphical Perception

We identified the graphical perceptual information needs of older adults (≥ 60 years of age) through a set of psychophysical experiments on bar, stacked, and pie charts. The results are compared with those of a general population (< 60 years of age). We conducted the experiments as online remote studies with 202 total participants across two experimental types: (1) comparison judgments of graphs (50 older adults, 50 general population) and (2) proportion judgments of graphs (52 older adults, 50 general population). Older adults took longer than the general population to complete tasks across both comparison (4.09 s) and proportion judgments (3.66 s). However, this translated to an approximately equal level of perceptual accuracy. Bar charts were the most effective graphical display when considering both speed and accuracy. Older adults were more accurate using pie charts compared with the general population in the comparison task.

Subjective life satisfaction and mental disorders among older adults in UAE in general population

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafia Ghubach ◽  
Omar El-Rufaie ◽  
Taoufik Zoubeidi ◽  
Sufyan Sabri ◽  
Saeed Yousif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Disorders

Modeling Personas for Older Adults with Heart Failure

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1072-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Holden ◽  
Pushkar Joshi ◽  
Kartik Rao ◽  
Anagha Varrier ◽  
Carly N. Daley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Key Dimensions

In the early stages of the design process, designers often benefit from the use of personas, or archetypes of target users presented in a vivid way to highlight design-relevant characteristics. In the growing efforts to create health information technology (HIT) for older adults, empirically derived personas could help orchestrate more user-centered design activities. However, there is a lack of ready-to-use personas for older adult HIT users and more so for those designing in specific domains such as heart failure self-care. This paper presents personas of older adults derived from qualitative analysis of interviews with 24 older patients with heart failure. Analyses unearthed key dimensions distinguishing patients based on their dispositions towards the self-management of their chronic condition, including locus of control, relationship with the health/support system, information needs, and activities of self-care. Two personas are presented: Direction Follower and Researcher, with subtypes for the latter codified as Investigator and Explorer. Our work contributes to future design of systems including HIT to support chronically ill older adults.

scholarly journals Quality of life of older Chinese adults receiving primary care in Wuhan, China: a multi-center study

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-Liang Zhong ◽  
Yan-Min Xu ◽  
Wu-Xiang Xie ◽  
Xiu-Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
General Population ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Multi Center Study

Background Quality of life (QOL) is an important primary care outcome, but the QOL of older adults treated in primary care is understudied in China. This study examined QOL and its associated factors in older adults treated in Chinese primary care. Methods A total of 752 older patients (65+ years) were consecutively recruited from 13 primary care centers in Wuhan, China, and interviewed with a standardized questionnaire, concerning socio-demographics, major medical conditions, loneliness, and depression. QOL and depression were measured with the Chinese six-item QOL questionnaire and the shortened Geriatric Depression Scale, respectively. Multiple linear regression was used to identify factors associated with poor QOL. Results The average QOL score of primary care older adults was (20.7 ± 2.5), significantly lower than that of the Chinese general population. Factors significantly associated with poor QOL of Chinese primary care older adults included engaging in manual labor before older adulthood (unstandardized coefficient [β]: −0.702, P < 0.001), no living adult children (β: −1.720, P = 0.001), physical inactivity (β: −0.696, P < 0.001), having ≥ four major medical conditions (β: −1.813, P < 0.001), hearing problem (β: −1.004, P = 0.017), depression (β: −1.153, P < 0.001), and loneliness (β: −1.396, P < 0.001). Conclusions Older adults treated in Chinese primary care have poorer QOL than the general population. Addressing psychosocial problems at Chinese primary care settings could be helpful in improving QOL in Chinese older adults.

The association of loneliness with health and social care utilisation in older adults in the general population: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley J Smith ◽  
Christina Victor
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
General Population ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Care Utilisation ◽  
Health And Social Care

Abstract Background and Objectives Loneliness is proposed to be linked with increased service use. This review examined the association of loneliness and health and social care utilisation (HSCU) in older adults from the general population. Research Design and Methods Four databases were screened for studies that examined the association of loneliness (predictor) with HSCU (outcome) in older adults (defined as majority of sample 60 or older). Study quality was assessed with the NIH scale for observational cohorts and cross-sectional studies. Results We identified 32 studies, of which 9 prospective studies were evaluated as being good or good-fair quality. Two good-fair quality studies found loneliness at baseline was associated with subsequent admission to a residential care home. There was emerging evidence that loneliness was associated with emergency department use (n=1), and CVD-specific hospitalisation (n=1). Once adjusted for confounders the highest quality studies found no association of baseline loneliness with physician utilisation, outpatient service utilisation, skilled nursing facility use, and planned or unplanned hospital admissions. The remaining, studies were cross-sectional, or of fair to poor quality, and inadequate to reliably determine whether loneliness was associated with a subsequent change in HSCU. Discussion and implications There was heterogeneity in study design, measurement, and study quality. This generated an inconsistent evidence base where we cannot determine clear inferences about the relationship between loneliness and HSCU. Only one consistent finding was observed between two good-fair quality studies regarding care home admission. To determine clinical implications and make reliable inferences additional good quality longitudinal research is needed.

scholarly journals Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e035012
Author(s):  
Marlies Feenstra ◽  
Barbara C van Munster ◽  
Janet L MacNeil Vroomen ◽  
Sophia E de Rooij ◽  
Nynke Smidt
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Physiological Markers ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

ObjectivesPoor self-rated health (SRH) is a strong predictor of premature mortality in older adults. Trajectories of poor SRH are associated with multimorbidity and unhealthy behaviours. Whether trajectories of SRH are associated with deviating physiological markers is unclear. This study identified trajectories of SRH and investigated the associations of trajectory membership with chronic diseases, health risk behaviours and physiological markers in community-dwelling older adults.Study design and settingProspective general population cohort.ParticipantsTrajectories of SRH over 5 years were identified using data of 11 600 participants aged 65 years and older of the Lifelines Cohort Study.Outcome measuresTrajectories of SRH were the main outcome. Covariates included demographics (age, gender, education), chronic diseases, health-risk behaviour (physical activity, smoking, drinking) and physiological markers (body mass index, cardiovascular function, lung function, glucose metabolism, haematological condition, endocrine function, renal function, liver function and cognitive function).ResultsFour stable trajectories were identified, including excellent (n=607, 6%), good (n=2111, 19%), moderate (n=7677, 65%) and poor SRH (n=1205, 10%). Being women (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.0 to 1.9), low education (OR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.5 to 3.0), one (OR: 10.4; 95% CI: 7.4 to 14.7) or multiple chronic diseases (OR: 37.8; 95% CI: 22.4 to 71.8), smoking (OR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.0 to 3.2), physical inactivity (OR: 3.1; 95% CI: 1.8 to 5.2), alcohol abstinence (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.4 to 3.2) and deviating physiological markers (OR: 1.5; 95% CI: 1.1 to 2.0) increase the odds for a higher probability of poor SRH trajectory membership compared with excellent SRH trajectory membership.ConclusionSRH of community-dwelling older adults is stable over time with the majority (65%) having moderate SRH. Older adults with higher probabilities of poor SRH often have unfavourable health status.

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