Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2020 Nov;27(8):567-576. doi: 10.1080/11038128.2020.1744715. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
Everyday technologies (ET) such as smart phones, and internet banking are increasingly incorporated into daily activities. Therefore, valid assessments are needed to identify ability in ET use and to design and evaluate interventions. To evaluate and compare the stability over time (test-retest reliability) of measures generated with the short version of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (S-ETUQ) in older adults with cognitive impairment or mild dementia. Data was collected with S-ETUQ at two occasions ( = 20.9 days in between) in a sample of ( = 73) older adults with cognitive impairment of different origin ( = 38) or mild dementia ( = 35). Stability of each participant's S-ETUQ measure was examined using standardised difference -comparisons. The test-retest reliability coefficient of the S-ETUQ measures was determined by Intraclass Correlation Coefficients. Comparisons were performed using Mann-Whitney u-tests. The S-ETUQ measures were statistically stable between the two occasions. Hence, the group of persons with cognitive impairment demonstrated slightly higher stability and fewer differences compared to the group with mild dementia. The ICCs (0.82-0.90) indicated good to excellent agreement. S- ETUQ can be used with older people with cognitive impairments of varying degree to gather reliable and precise information regarding their use of ET.
日常技术（ET），如智能手机和网上银行，正越来越多地融入到日常生活中。因此，需要进行有效的评估，以确定其在日常技术使用方面的能力，并设计和评估干预措施。评估和比较有认知障碍或轻度痴呆的老年人使用简短版日常技术使用问卷（S-ETUQ）生成的测量值随时间的稳定性（测试-重测可靠性）。在认知障碍不同来源的（ = 38）或轻度痴呆（ = 35）的老年人样本中，使用 S-ETUQ 在两个时间点（两次测试之间的时间间隔为 = 20.9 天）收集数据。使用标准化差异比较来检查每位参与者的 S-ETUQ 测量值的稳定性。S-ETUQ 测量值的重测可靠性系数由组内相关系数确定。使用曼-惠特尼 U 检验进行比较。S-ETUQ 测量值在两次测试之间具有统计学上的稳定性。因此，与轻度痴呆组相比，认知障碍组的稳定性略高，差异也较少。ICC（0.82-0.90）表明具有良好到极好的一致性。S-ETUQ 可用于不同程度认知障碍的老年人，以收集有关其日常技术使用的可靠和精确信息。
