Department of Occupational Therapy Program Faculty Articles
Title
Use of cell phones by elders with impairments: Overall appraisal, satisfaction, and suggestions
ISBN or ISSN
1055-4181
Publication Title
Technology and Disability
Volume
16
Publication Date / Copyright Date
1-1-2004
First Page
49
Last Page
57
DOI Number
10.1023/A:1009513304519
Abstract
Through the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Successful Aging (RERC-Tech-Aging) elder perspectives on cell phone designs and features were explored. Six-hundred and sixty-five participants (596 elders with disabilities, 69 adults with disabilities) from Northern Florida, Southern California, and Western New York were surveyed through face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, or mailed surveys. The survey addressed satisfaction, importance, frequency of use, methods for learning, barriers to use, views on features, and ways the cell phone had helped. The majority of elders (60%) valued their cell phone, and a large proportion (87%) use the cell phone for emergencies. Only one third of elders reported using their cell phone daily. Suggestions for improving phone design included increasing button size (50% of subjects), increasing display size (29% of subjects), increasing overall size of the cell phone (24% of subjects), and decreasing the complexity of the phone. Use of cell phones by elders with impairments: Overall appraisal, satisfaction, and suggestions (PDF Download Available).
Disciplines
Occupational Therapy
NSUWorks Citation
Davenport, Rick; Mann, W.; Helal, S.; Justiss, M.; Tomita, M.; and Kemp, B., "Use of cell phones by elders with impairments: Overall appraisal, satisfaction, and suggestions" (2004). Department of Occupational Therapy Program Faculty Articles. 22.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_ot_faculty_articles/22