Social Sciences
Associations of Smartphone Ownership with Health-Related Quality of Life and Social Connectedness Among Older Japanese Adults: A Quantile Regression Analysis
Loneliness and social isolation in later life are important public health concerns, and information and communication technology (ICT) may support everyday functioning and social participation among older adults. However, mean-based analyses may obscure variation in associations across outcome distributions. Using quantile regression, we examined the associations of smartphone ownership with health-related quality of life (SF-36v2: PCS, MCS, and RCS) and social connectedness (LSNS-6) among 919 community-dwelling se …