Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design.
This study explored and interpreted insights expressed by a cohort of older adults related to their life experience, their experiences using or assisting someone with assistive devices, and their perceptions of robots and robotic assistive devices, including lower limb exoskeletons. A grounded theor...
| Publicado en: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 782 - 791 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=158790466&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 158790466 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2022 vid: 17 iid: 7 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 158790466 146237890 158790466 158790466 10.1080/17483107.2020.1817988 158790466 ppf: 782 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design. aug: au: Shore, Linda de Eyto, Adam O'Sullivan, Leonard affil: Design Factors Research Group, School of Design, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland sug: subj: Technology Utilization Perception Robotics Assistive Technology Devices In Old Age Exoskeleton Devices Life Experiences Human Aged Grounded Theory Structured Interview Thematic Analysis Data Analysis Software Aging Quality of Life Assistive Technology Lower Extremity Health Status Multimethod Studies Purposive Sample Snowball Sample Open-Ended Questionnaires Male Female Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: This study explored and interpreted insights expressed by a cohort of older adults related to their life experience, their experiences using or assisting someone with assistive devices, and their perceptions of robots and robotic assistive devices, including lower limb exoskeletons. A grounded theory study was undertaken with 24 older adult participants over five months. Each participant participated in a structured interviewed regarding their experiences with technologies and in particular their perceptions of assistive technologies. Themes from the interviews were coded using Nvivo software. Five main themes emerged from this study – (1) Aging & life stage experiences, (2) Quality of Life, (3) Assistive Technologies, (4) Health Conditions & Care, (5) Products & Service Systems. These have influenced new constructs for a hybrid design tool that incorporates stages of Usability and TAMs (Technology Acceptance Models) to gauge (a) Perception, (b) Experience and (c) Perceived Impact by older adults of lower limb exoskeletons. Conclusions: Emerging technologies such as robotic assistive devices require a specific enquiry to understand how best to optimise acceptance by older adults and avoid feelings by them of frustration, embarrassment and ultimately abandonment of these devices. Older adults frequently require rehabilitation and assistance with ambulation Exoskeletons are forms of assistive technologies for rehabilitation, and they are moving from clinical use to more day care use, including as part of daily living These results help explain factors related to the perception of exoskeletons by older adults, which if considered during exoskeleton design, could improve the technology uptake and compliance with this technology use by these users pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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