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Baby Boomers’ use and perception of recommended assistive technology: A systematic
review
This study by Dianne M. Steel & Marion A. Gray claims assistive technology (AT) use
by the baby boomer generation is expected to represent a new era for aged health care. This
technology will help this generation maintain independence and is expected to increase a demand
for AT. To support this claim the authors used search strategy and selection criteria such as
Medline, CINAHL and Cochrane databases related to baby boomer generations which they were
able to find to expand their study by using the inclusion criteria of age ranges. Inclusion criteria
were: research related to AT use by a population which includes baby boomers; published in
peer-reviewed journals and full-text English language articles. Studies were based in acute
rehabilitation units in the USA and Australia. Frequency of use and patient satisfaction surveys
were the main outcome measures.
The assistive technology (AT) systematic search study the authors employed
acknowledged that relevant studies may have been inadvertently missed, which may affect their
results because it was determined that the baby boomer cohort were under-represented within
already small samples which makes these studies non-definitive about use rates for baby
boomers. If the criteria had a more narrow age study selected this review may have enhanced the
ability to hypothesizes about assistive technology (AT) issues more specifically related to the
baby boomers cohort.
This research study indicates that the baby boomers generation is characteristically
different to generations before them. With the limited information currently available on baby
boomers, occupational therapists will find it difficult to best meet their needs with AT

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Hypothesis Identification Article Analysis Baby Boomers' use and perception of recommended assistive technology: A systematic review This study by Dianne M. Steel & Marion A. Gray claims assistive technology (AT) use by the baby boomer generation is expected to represent a new era for aged health care. This technology will help this generation maintain independence and is expected to increase a demand for AT. To support this claim the authors used search strategy and selection criteria such as Medline, CINAHL and Cochrane databases related to baby boomer generations which they were able to find to expand their study by using the inclusion criteria of age ranges. Inclusion criteria were: research related to AT use by a population which includes baby boomers; published in peer-reviewed journals and full-text English language articles. Studies were based in acute rehabil ...
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