Attitudes related to technology for active and healthy aging in a national multigenerational survey

J. Offerman; S. Fristedt; S. M. Schmidt; C. Löfqvist; S. Iwarsson

doi:10.1038/s43587-023-00392-3

Attitudes related to technology for active and healthy aging in a national multigenerational survey

J. Offerman, S. Fristedt, S. M. Schmidt, C. Löfqvist, S. Iwarsson

Jönköping University

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Abstract

Research is needed to understand attitudes toward and adoption of the broad range of technologies available to support active and healthy aging in different generations. The present article gives an overview of the GenerationTech survey and sample, and describes attitudes and acceptance related to technology in general and as a means to support active and healthy aging. A national survey was conducted with a random sample (n = 2,121) including men and women from three generations (30–39, 50–59 and 70–79-year-olds) in Sweden. The generations shared some attitudes toward and acceptance of technologies for active and healthy aging. However, what kind of technologies are preferred to support active and healthy aging and the reasons for using certain technologies differed by generation. The findings could help guide the development and implementation of technologies for active and healthy aging throughout the aging process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	617–625
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature Aging
Volume	3
Issue number	5
Early online date	2023 Mar 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00392-3
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Funding Information:
This project was funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (no. 2017-01614 to S.I.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. The authors thank S. Ullén for her guidance and advice on statistics.

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© 2023, The Author(s).

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Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences

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GenerationTech – Ageing, Technology and Health from a Generational Perspective
Löfqvist, C. (Researcher), Iwarsson, S. (PI), Schmidt, S. (Researcher), Fristedt, S. (Researcher) & Offerman, J. (Researcher)
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Forte)
2018/09/01 → 2022/08/31
Project: Research

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Attitudes related to technology for active and healthy aging in a national multigenerational survey

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