Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
Instituto Federal do Paraná, Astorga, PR, Brazil.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2024 Oct 25;32:e4383. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.7252.4383. eCollection 2024.
(1) Older adult are still segregated from young people when it comes to technology.
(2) On a daily basis, older people recognize the need, usefulness and applicability of the smartphone.
(3) Older adult are gradually moving towards digital skills.
(4) Digital tools are means of enhancing healthy ageing.
(5) WhatsApp ® groups help older people to engage virtually with peers.
to understand the feelings and recognitions of older adults when they experience the use of smartphones in everyday life, as well as the implications for the healthy aging process.
qualitative research, using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; the Senior Technology Acceptance & Adoption Model and the methodological framework of Constructivist Grounded Theory. We intentionally recruited people aged 60+; smartphone users; participants for 6 months or more in an extension project, without cognitive impairment, determined by theoretical sampling. A semi-structured script guided data collection. Constant and concomitant comparative analysis followed the steps of initial and focused coding, supported by memos, until theoretical saturation. The Sankey diagram was used to analyze the data, using Atlas.ti software.
37 participants were allocated to two sample groups. We present the category "Experiencing technological evolution during the aging process" and two subcategories: "Experiencing feelings when aging in the face of technological development"; "Using the smartphone and recognizing new experiences".
when experiencing the use of smartphones, older adult understand and recognize the search for digital skills based on their need for usefulness and applicability of information and communication technology in their daily lives, integrating it into the healthy ageing process.
(1) 老年人在接触技术时仍然与年轻人隔离开来。
(2) 老年人每天都认识到智能手机的必要性、有用性和适用性。
(3) 老年人逐渐掌握数字技能。
(4) 数字工具是增强健康老龄化的手段。
(5) WhatsApp ® 群组帮助老年人与同龄人进行虚拟互动。
了解老年人在日常生活中体验使用智能手机时的感受和认知，以及对健康老龄化过程的影响。
定性研究，使用统一技术接受和使用理论；老年人技术接受和采用模型和建构主义扎根理论的方法论框架。我们有意招募年龄在 60 岁以上的智能手机用户；参与者在扩展项目中使用智能手机 6 个月或以上；没有认知障碍，通过理论抽样确定。半结构化脚本指导数据收集。恒定性和伴随性比较分析遵循初始和重点编码的步骤，由备忘录支持，直到达到理论饱和。使用 Atlas.ti 软件的 Sankey 图分析数据。
37 名参与者被分配到两个样本组。我们呈现了“在老龄化过程中体验技术演变”的类别和两个子类别：“在技术发展面前老龄化时的体验感受”；“使用智能手机并认识新体验”。
当体验使用智能手机时，老年人理解并认识到基于对信息和通信技术的有用性和适用性的需求而寻求数字技能，将其融入健康老龄化过程。
