Preferences for technology versus human assistance and control over technology in the performance of kitchen and personal care tasks in baby boomers and older adults.

Purpose: Quality of Life technology (QoLT) stresses humans and technology as mutually dependent and aware, working together to improve task performance and quality of life. This study examines preferences for technology versus human assistance and control in the context of QoLT. Method: Data are fro...

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Publicado en:Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 474 - 487
Autores principales: Beach, Scott R., Schulz, Richard, Matthews, Judith T., Courtney, Karen, Dabbs, Annette DeVito
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2014
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          Beach, Scott R.
          Schulz, Richard
          Matthews, Judith T.
          Courtney, Karen
          Dabbs, Annette DeVito
        affil: Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA USA
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          Patient Attitudes
          Assistive Technology
          Caregivers
          Hygiene In Old Age
          Human
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          Quality of Life
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Middle Age
          Logistic Regression
          Regression
          Questionnaires
          Internet
          Male
          Female
          Persons with Disabilities
          Bivariate Statistics
          Univariate Statistics
          Activities of Daily Living
          Multivariate Analysis
          Aged: 65+ years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Purpose: Quality of Life technology (QoLT) stresses humans and technology as mutually dependent and aware, working together to improve task performance and quality of life. This study examines preferences for technology versus human assistance and control in the context of QoLT. Method: Data are from a nationally representative, cross-sectional web-based sample of 416 US baby boomers (45 -64) and 114 older adults (65+) on preferences for technology versus human assistance and control in the performance of kitchen and personal care tasks. Multinomial logistic regression and ordinary least squares regression were used to determine predictors of these preferences. Results: Respondents were generally accepting of technology assistance but wanted to maintain control over its' operation. Baby boomers were more likely to prefer technology than older adults, and those with fewer QoLT privacy concerns and who thought they were more likely to need future help were more likely to prefer technology over human assistance and more willing to relinquish control to technology. Conclusions: Results suggest the need for design of person- and context-aware QoLT systems that are responsive to user desires for level of control over operation of the technology. The predictors of these preferences suggest potentially receptive markets for the targeting of QoLT systems.
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