McKnight's April 5, 2024
Older adults in the United States with vision impairments were less likely to have access to technology such as tablets and mobile phones compared to those without difficulty seeing, according to a new study. Such findings have telehealth implications, according to the report published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology on Thursday.
Data came from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) 2021 and included 2,822 Medicare beneficiaries. The mean age of people was 78.5 years old, and 54.7% of them were women. Of the beneficiaries, 32.3% had vision impairments.
Compared to their peers without vision problems, sight-impaired older adults had 42% lower odds of having or knowing how to use a mobile phone, 39% lower odds of having or knowing...
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