Digital exclusion and functional dependence in older people: Findings from five longitudinal cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older people are more likely to be excluded from the digital world, and this has been linked to poor health outcomes. The extent and direction of the influence of digital exclusion on functional dependency is, however, not well understood. We aimed to investigate the association between digital exclusion and functional dependency among older adults from high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

In this multicohort study, we pooled individual-level data from five longitudinal cohort studies that included nationally representative samples of older adults across 23 countries, including the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (S

SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637559 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature