Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Health Informatics J. 2013 Jun;19(2):152-62. doi: 10.1177/1460458212462151.
The increased reliance on Internet use in social functions has presumably left out a part of the population: the oldest-older adults. These are people who have not kept themselves up to date with the technological developments for various reasons. There are, however, exceptions from whom we have something to learn. This study investigates the older people in Sweden who started to use the Internet over a period of 6 years. Cognition, extraversion, openness, functional disability, household economy, sex, age and education were investigated in relation to starting to use the Internet. A chi-square test, Spearman correlation and a logistic regression analysis were conducted. It was found that higher cognition, being male and being between the ages of 60 and 80 years were determining factors in starting to use the Internet for the Swedish older adult. Our results indicate that the oldest-older adults are slow to adapt to using the Internet and more attention should be paid on how to support this group.
互联网在社交功能中的使用日益增加，可能会使一部分人群（最年长的老年人）被排除在外。这些人由于各种原因没有跟上技术发展的步伐。然而，也有一些例外，我们可以从他们身上学到一些东西。本研究调查了在 6 年内开始使用互联网的瑞典老年人。研究考察了认知能力、外向性、开放性、功能障碍、家庭经济状况、性别、年龄和教育程度与开始使用互联网之间的关系。进行了卡方检验、斯皮尔曼相关分析和逻辑回归分析。结果表明，较高的认知能力、男性以及 60 至 80 岁之间的年龄是瑞典老年人开始使用互联网的决定性因素。我们的研究结果表明，最年长的老年人适应使用互联网的速度较慢，应该更加关注如何支持这一群体。
