Table 3.
Communication technology utilization stratified by neurocognitive impairment status of the participants (N=400)
Variable | Overall Mean (SD) | NCI |
Cohen’s d | t | p | 95% CI | |
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No | Yes | ||||||
Number of cell phone owned (Currently) | 1.55(1.60) | ||||||
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How often do you engage in the following activities on your cell phone or smartphone? | |||||||
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Make or receive phone calls | 4.25 (1.24) | 4.32 (1.18) | 4.08 (1.35) | 0.18 | 1.73 | 0.084 | (−0.03, 0.49) |
Send or receive text messages | 4.21 (1.29) | 4.27 (1.22) | 4.07 (1.44) | 0.15 | 1.38 | 0.166 | (−0.08, 0.47) |
Access the internet | 3.41 (1.72) | 3.52 (1.91) | 3.15 (1.73) | 0.21 | 2.01 | 0.046 | (0.01, 0.74) |
Listen to music | 3.34 (1.64) | 3.40 (1.64) | 3.18 (1.64) | 0.13 | 1.23 | 0.218 | (−0.13, 0.57) |
Take a picture | 3.34 (1.56) | 3.44 (1.52) | 3.09 (1.65) | 0.22 | 2.08 | 0.038 | (0.02, 0.68) |
Watch videos | 3.12 (1.64) | 3.20 (1.64) | 2.93 (1.65) | 0.16 | 1.51 | 0.131 | (−0.08, 0.62) |
Online social networking | 2.94 (1.71) | 3.01 (1.73) | 2.77 (1.67) | 0.14 | 1.29 | 0.195 | (−0.12, 0.60) |
Send or receive emails | 2.78 (1.67) | 2.80 (1.66) | 2.74 (1.69) | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.741 | (−0.29, 0.41) |
Download applications | 2.78 (1.67) | 2.85 (1.65) | 2.61 (1.69) | 0.14 | 1.31 | 0.190 | (−0.11, 0.59) |
Record video | 2.63 (1.58) | 2.63 (1.55) | 2.62 (1.64) | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.932 | (−0.32, 0.35) |
Play games | 2.62 (1.63) | 2.62 (1.63) | 2.62 (1.64) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.999 | (−0.35, 0.35) |
Use health-related apps | 1.84 (1.28) | 1.87 (1.29) | 1.78 (1.27) | 0.07 | 0.67 | 0.501 | (−0.18, 0.36) |
Make a purchase | 1.82 (1.34) | 1.88 (1.36) | 1.68 (1.29) | 0.15 | 1.40 | 0.161 | (−0.12, 0.60) |
Reading e-books | 1.65 (1.26) | 1.64 (1.25) | 1.68 (1.29) | −0.03 | −0.26 | 0.793 | (−0.30, 0.23) |
Online banking | 1.50 (1.28) | 1.52 (1.29) | 1.46 (1.24) | 0.04 | 0.40 | 0.683 | (−0.21, 0.33) |
Note:
SD: Standard deviation
NCI: Neurocognitive impairment
CI: Confidence interval