NDLI: Perceived usefulness of assistive technologies and electronic services for ambient assisted living

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ziefle, M. Rocker, C. Holzinger, A.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Human-Computer Interaction HCI4MED, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, 8010 Graz, Austria (Holzinger, A.) \|\| Communication Science, Human Technology Centre, RWTH Aachen University, Theaterplatz 14, 52056 Aachen, Germany (Ziefle, M.; Rocker, C.)
Abstract	This paper reports on a study analyzing the attitudes of users towards different types of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services. The study explores the acceptance and terms of use of large interactive screens for the most common applications types: health, social and convenience services. In order to understand the impact of user diversity, we explored age, gender, health status, social contact, interest in technology, and the reported ease of use as well as their relation to acceptance. Using the questionnaire method, 30 women and 30 men between 17–95 years were examined. The results show that users are not yet very familiar with the vision of smart technology at home and report a considerable diffidence and aloofness towards using such technologies. Persons with many social contacts and a high interest in technology show the highest acceptance for electronic services at home. Astonishingly, the results for the different applications were insensitive to gender and age, which indicates that the precautious attitude towards AAL applications represents a universal phenomenon. Consequently, acceptance criteria as well as users' needs and wants should be seriously considered in order to successfully design smart home technologies.
Starting Page	585
Ending Page	592
File Size	847248
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612847672
e-ISBN	9781936968152
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-05-23
Publisher Place	Ireland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	ICST
Subject Keyword	Context Study Correlation Smart Living Medical services Smart homes Ambient Assisted Living Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Biomedical monitoring Monitoring Medical diagnostic imaging Technology Acceptance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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