Fuss Belinda G, Dorstyn Diana, Ward Lynn
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2019 Dec;38(4):e103-e113. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12703. Epub 2019 Aug 4.
To systematically assess the relationship between computer-mediated communication and social function in older adults aged 55 or older.
Embase, PsycINFO and PubMed were searched (database inception to December 2018). Where available, effect sizes (correlation r) with 95% confidence intervals and P values were calculated for individual studies. Of 4,139 eligible articles retrieved, 17 studies involving a pooled sample of 17,640 participants were included.
Frequent computer-mediated communication was significantly, albeit weakly, associated with higher levels of social support and connectedness (r range = 0.08 to 0.33, P < 0.05). One discrepant negative relationship was noted (r = -0.16, 95% CI [-0.30, -0.02], P = 0.03), involving a distinct sample of gamers.
Computer-mediated communication is related to amount of social functioning in older adults, although the causal nature of this relationship requires further longitudinal investigation. Sample confounds (eg socio-economic status and successful ageing) may limit the interpretation of these findings.
系统评估55岁及以上老年人中计算机介导沟通与社会功能之间的关系。
检索了Embase、PsycINFO和PubMed数据库（从建库至2018年12月）。如有可能，计算了各研究的效应量（相关系数r）及其95%置信区间和P值。在检索到的4139篇符合条件的文章中，纳入了17项研究，这些研究涉及17640名参与者的汇总样本。
频繁的计算机介导沟通与更高水平的社会支持和社会联系显著相关，尽管相关性较弱（r范围=0.08至0.33，P<0.05）。注意到一种不一致的负相关关系（r=-0.16，95%CI[-0.30，-0.02]，P=0.03），涉及一个独特的游戏玩家样本。
计算机介导沟通与老年人的社会功能量有关，尽管这种关系的因果性质需要进一步的纵向研究。样本混杂因素（如社会经济地位和成功老龄化）可能会限制对这些研究结果的解释。
