Impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown system usage of an innovative care support system and the mood of older adults

Christopher Clemens Mayer; E Moser; Martin Bachler; Sabine Stani; Lukas Roedl; Markus Müllner-Rieder; Beatrix Cichocki-Richtig; Viviane von Dollen; Sabine Pasterk; Julia Aldrian; Paul Köberl; Tanja Stamm

doi:10.1002/gps.5696

Impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown system usage of an innovative care support system and the mood of older adults

Christopher Clemens Mayer, E Moser, Martin Bachler, Sabine Stani, Lukas Roedl, Markus Müllner-Rieder, Beatrix Cichocki-Richtig, Viviane von Dollen, Sabine Pasterk, Julia Aldrian, Paul Köberl, Tanja Stamm

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Background:OlderageisasubstantialriskfactorforseriousillnessfromCOVID‐19.Moreover,isolation and quarantineare more likely to cause physical, mental andsocialdeprivationinolderage.InformationandCommunicationToolsaremeanstopreventsuchconsequences.Objective:Thisstudy aimed therefore to investigatethe impact of the COVID‐19lockdownmeasureson the usage of an innovativetechnical support systemdeployedinAustria(AT)andLuxembourg(LU)consistingofseveraltoolsthatallowindependentlivinginolderage.Methods:Thirty‐nineolderadults(11male;28female)withameanageof74.3(SD7.3)yearswereincludedinthestudy.Intotal,18olderpeoplewererecruitedinATand 21 in LU. Descriptivestatistics were computed,and longitudinalmodelswerefittedfortechnologyuseandself‐reportedmood.Results:Thenumberofolderadultsusingthesystemsignificantlydecreasedfromthetimebeforelockdown(39[100%])toduringlockdown(26[67%])andthereafter(23[59%];p<0.001).Multiplecomparisonsrevealedasignificantreductionintheaverage number of events for calendar and medicationtools, but a substantialin-crease in communicationand messagingevents. Self‐reportedwell‐beingdeclinedduringthelockdownandincreasedafterwardsbacktobaselinelevels.Conclusion:Communicationwasthemainreasonforusingthesupportsystem.Inaddition, strategiesand interventionsare essential to support older adults whenusing informationtechnologyin the prolongedphases of the pandemic to sustainindependentliving.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5696
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Medical Signal Analysis

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assistivetechnology
communication
coronavirus
newtechnology
olderpeople
participation
vulnerable

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Mayer, C. C., Moser, E., Bachler, M., Stani, S., Roedl, L., Müllner-Rieder, M., Cichocki-Richtig, B., von Dollen, V., Pasterk, S., Aldrian, J., Köberl, P., & Stamm, T. (2022). Impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown system usage of an innovative care support system and the mood of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5696

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Impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown system usage of an innovative care support system and the mood of older adults

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