EAGER: Assessment of Barriers to Trusting Computer-Based Home Assistance

EAGER：评估信任基于计算机的家庭援助的障碍

• 批准号: 0945192
• 负责人: Paul Kantor
• 金额: $ 29.97万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945192&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Assessment; Barriers; Trusting; Computer

Computer instrumentation of living environments promises to extend the independent life span of our aging populations. This technological potential will not be realized unless people are willing to trust their lives to such support systems, as a replacement for human support. Very little is known about how and why people make these important decisions. The proposed research will study this issue using a widely adopted, computer-dependent life-saving device, the Implantable Cardiac Device (ICD). This research will provide a foundation for understanding how and why people agree to place their life in the hands of computerized equipment that they cannot fully understand or control. The study will design and validate instruments for gathering data on this decision. The study will use in-depth interviews, and survey methods, and will gather data from persons who have accepted or refused implantable defibrillators. Phase I, will be an interview study, working through cardiologists, to reach their patients. Phase II will develop, an extensible Web-based survey that can be readily adapted to other patient populations and other technologies. Both graduate and undergraduate students will be involved in the research plan. In addition, there are a number of broader impacts. First, this research will enhance our understanding of the key factors in the decision to entrust one?s life to a complex computer whose workings are not understood. It will also add to the meager collection of instruments for collecting this kind of data. Second, the information gained about the decision to accept implant will be new, and can serve as a guide in the design of patient information material. Third, the information will guide the design of patient information for ?pervasive computing home environments? and will therefore be useful to scientists and engineers as they consider what will be the most useful features of any proposed design.

生活环境的计算机仪表有望延长我们老龄化人口的独立寿命。除非人们愿意将自己的生命托付给这种支持系统，以取代人类的支持，否则这种技术潜力将无法实现。关于人们如何以及为什么做出这些重要决定，我们知之甚少。拟议的研究将使用一种广泛采用的、依赖于计算机的救生设备——植入式心脏装置（ICD）来研究这个问题。这项研究将为理解人们如何以及为什么同意将他们的生活置于他们无法完全理解或控制的计算机设备手中提供基础。该研究将设计和验证用于收集有关这一决定的数据的工具。该研究将采用深度访谈和调查方法，并将从接受或拒绝植入除颤器的人那里收集数据。第一阶段，将是一项访谈研究，通过心脏病专家，接触他们的病人。第二阶段将开发一种可扩展的基于网络的调查，可以很容易地适应其他患者群体和其他技术。研究生和本科生都将参与研究计划。此外，还有一些更广泛的影响。首先，本研究将增进我们对决定委托的关键因素的认识。把生命投入到一台工作原理尚不清楚的复杂计算机中。它还将增加收集这类数据的仪器的贫乏收集。其次，获得的关于决定接受植入物的信息将是新的，并且可以作为设计患者信息材料的指导。第三，这些信息将指导患者信息的设计。普适计算家庭环境？因此，在科学家和工程师考虑任何拟议设计的最有用的特征时，它们将是有用的。