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Vassiliki Zacharopoulou1, Dimitrios Zarakovitis1, Georgia Zacharopoulou1
1University of Peloponnese, Department of Economics, Digital Health Applications and Health Economics Analytics Laboratory, Tripolis, Greece.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from community-based patients, while the results were visualized on maps by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Of the 779 participants, 37.4% of the patients responded that they were aware of the availability of ICTs available for dementia, with only 9.2% responding that they were using individual devices. It was apparent that 94.7% of those with a university education had knowledge of ICT and 47.4% of them did use, unlike patients with lower levels of education. In conclusion, based on a small sample of the Greek population, the knowledge and use of ICTs is still on a limited scale and mainly concerns patients with high socioeconomic status.
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