Predicting adoption of the assistive technology open platform: extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology.
Purpose: The Assistive Technology (AT) Open Platform supports people with disabilities, older people, and developers in co-creating new assistive products outside the business realm. To address dissatisfaction with and non-adoption of commercial assistive products, the National Rehabilitation Centre...
| Published in: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 19; no. 7; pp. 2506 - 2519 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180041195&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180041195 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2024 vid: 19 iid: 7 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 180041195 175440029 180041195 180041195 10.1080/17483107.2023.2300050 180041195 ppf: 2506 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Predicting adoption of the assistive technology open platform: extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. aug: au: Kim, Agnes Jihae An, Kwang-Ok Yang, Jisun Rho, Eun-Rea Shim, Jaewoo Eun, Seon-Deok affil: Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea sug: subj: Persons with Disabilities South Korea Assistive Technology Diffusion of Innovation Health Services for Persons with Disabilities Assistive Technology Devices Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Questionnaires Purposive Sample Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies Data Analysis Software Structural Equation Modeling Path Analysis Criterion-Related Validity Age Factors Sex Factors South Korea Motivation Funding Source Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: The Assistive Technology (AT) Open Platform supports people with disabilities, older people, and developers in co-creating new assistive products outside the business realm. To address dissatisfaction with and non-adoption of commercial assistive products, the National Rehabilitation Centre in South Korea created an AT Open Platform as an open-source AT sharing platform to research and develop appropriate assistive technology suitable for users' needs. The emerging concept of AT Open Platform is new for both assistive product users and developers in South Korea. The Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) was utilised to understand the factors influencing the adoption of the AT Open Platform and to gain further insights on its design and future use. Materials and methods: Interviews were conducted with six potential AT Open Platform users to develop a questionnaire for predicting behavioural intention. Subsequently, we surveyed 175 potential users to validate the UTAUT2. Results: The results revealed that behavioural intention was significantly predicted by social influence, performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and hedonic motivation. Conclusions: The AT Open Platform should focus on both online and offline platforms to educate and facilitate the co-creation of ATs for assistive product users and makers. This study, which targeted assistive product users and developers, has significant implications for policymakers and future research in using and adopting the AT Open Platform as it reflects the actual voices of the platform's stakeholders. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION: To address the issues of dissatisfaction and non-adoption of commercial assistive products, assistive technology platforms are established for the research and development of appropriate assistive technologies suitable for meeting user needs; the results are shared as open-source assistive technology. A survey was conducted with a targeted sample of assistive technology product users and developers. The study results are significant as they represent the perspectives of key stakeholders in the assistive technology platform. The study findings are expected to play an important role in the application and diffusion of the assistive technology platform in South Korea. The survey is the first to illuminate the adoption of an assistive technology platform in South Korea and is an important step towards empowering people with disabilities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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