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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14366" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14366</a>
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2362–2367
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11
Volume
64
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Willingness and Ability of Older Adults in the Emergency Department to Provide Clinical Information Using a Tablet Computer.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Date
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2016
2016-11
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*aged; *Attitude to Computers; *Computers; *data collection; *elderly; *emergency department; *Emergency Service; 80 and over; 80 and Over; ACADEMIC medical centers; Academic Medical Centers – North Carolina; Aged; Computers; Confidence Intervals; CONFIDENCE intervals; Convenience Sample; Cross Sectional Studies; CROSS-sectional method; Cross-Sectional Studies; Descriptive Statistics; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; Emergency Care – In Old Age; EMERGENCY medical services; Emergency Service; Female; Handheld; Hospital; HOSPITAL emergency services; Human; Humans; LONGITUDINAL method; Male; Mass Screening/*instrumentation; MEDICAL cooperation; Multicenter Studies; New Jersey; NEW Jersey; North Carolina; NORTH Carolina; OLD age; Patient Attitudes – Evaluation – In Old Age; PATIENTS' attitudes; Portable – Utilization – In Old Age; PORTABLE computers; Prospective Studies; RESEARCH; SCALE analysis (Psychology); Scales; STATISTICAL sampling; Summated Rating Scaling; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; User-Computer Interface
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Brahmandam Sruti; Holland Wesley C; Mangipudi Sowmya A; Braz Valerie A; Medlin Richard P; Hunold Katherine M; Jones Christopher W; Platts-Mills Timothy F
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OBJECTIVES: To estimate the proportion of older adults in the emergency department (ED) who are willing and able to use a tablet computer to answer questions. DESIGN: Prospective, ED-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two U.S. academic EDs. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals aged 65 and older. MEASUREMENTS: As part of screening for another study, potential study participants were asked whether they would be willing to use a tablet computer to answer eight questions instead of answering questions orally. A custom user interface optimized for older adults was used. Trained research assistants observed study participants as they used the tablets. Ability to use the tablet was assessed based on need for assistance and number of questions answered correctly. RESULTS: Of 365 individuals approached, 248 (68%) were willing to answer screening questions, 121 of these (49%) were willing to use a tablet computer; of these, 91 (75%) were able to answer at least six questions correctly, and 35 (29%) did not require assistance. Only 14 (12%) were able to answer all eight questions correctly without assistance. Individuals aged 65 to 74 and those reporting use of a touchscreen device at least weekly were more likely to be willing and able to use the tablet computer. Of individuals with no or mild cognitive impairment, the percentage willing to use the tablet was 45%, and the percentage answering all questions correctly was 32%. CONCLUSION: Approximately half of this sample of older adults in the ED was willing to provide information using a tablet computer, but only a small minority of these were able to enter all information correctly without assistance. Tablet computers may provide an efficient means of collecting clinical information from some older adults in the ED, but at present, it will be ineffective for a significant portion of this population.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14366" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1111/jgs.14366</a>
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*aged
*Attitude to Computers
*Computers
*Data Collection
*Elderly
*emergency department
*Emergency Service
2016
80 and over
Academic Medical Centers
Academic Medical Centers – North Carolina
Aged
Brahmandam Sruti
Braz Valerie A
Computers
Confidence Intervals
Convenience Sample
Cross Sectional Studies
CROSS-sectional method
Cross-Sectional Studies
Descriptive Statistics
Emergency Care – In Old Age
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Service
Female
Handheld
Holland Wesley C
Hospital
HOSPITAL emergency services
Human
Humans
Hunold Katherine M
Jones Christopher W
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
LONGITUDINAL method
Male
Mangipudi Sowmya A
Mass Screening/*instrumentation
MEDICAL cooperation
Medlin Richard P
Multicenter Studies
New Jersey
North Carolina
OLD age
Patient Attitudes – Evaluation – In Old Age
PATIENTS' attitudes
Platts-Mills Timothy F
Portable – Utilization – In Old Age
PORTABLE computers
Prospective Studies
Research
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
Scales
STATISTICAL sampling
Summated Rating Scaling
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
User-Computer Interface