TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Luipa Michele AU - Souza, Ana Carolina de AU - Fhon, Jack Roberto Silva AU - Rodrigues, Rosalina Aparecida Partezani AU - Santos, Larissa Azevedo dos AU - Gomes, Maria Fernanda Costa Troncha PY - 2022/09/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Factors associated with the use of assistive technologies in elders in their home environments JF - Rev Rene JA - Rev Rene VL - 23 IS - 0 SE - Research Article DO - 10.15253/2175-6783.20222378534 UR - http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/78534 SP - e78534 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the factors associated with the use of assistive technologies by elders in their home environment.<strong> Methods:</strong> cross-sectional, analytical, and exploratory study with 127 elders capable of answering the data collection instruments. Analyses were carried out using Student's t, Pearson's correlation, and linear regression. <strong>Results:</strong> in regard to the type of assistive device used, 52.8% of interviewees used orthoses or prostheses, 48.8% used shower chairs, and 47.2% used wheelchairs.&nbsp; In the comparative analysis of the means, there was a statistically significant association between basic daily life activities and cognitive state. In basic daily life activities (r=0.52), as the score of the elderly in Katz's Index increases, the use of assistive devices also increases. In turn, as the Lawton and Brody Scale (r=-0.279) increases, the number of devices decreases. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> the prevalence of elders who use assistive devices in their homes was high, showing a direct association with their functional capacity and their performance of basic and instrumental daily life activities. <strong>Contributions to practice: </strong>this research contributes for the organization of elderly assistance by nursing workers, encouraging elder independence and autonomy.</p> ER -