The acceptability of home monitoring technology among community-dwelling older adults and baby boomers
The acceptability of home monitoring technology among community-dwelling older adults and baby boomers
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DOI：
10.1080/10400435.2008.10131927
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Boger, Jennifer
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作者：
Mihailidis, Alex;Cockburn, Amy;Boger, Jennifer
这项试点研究调查了两代人（目前的婴儿潮一代和老年人）接受家庭监控技术的意愿。30名居住在社区的男女人士（15名婴儿潮一代和15名老年人）参加了结构化、混合方法的采访。与会者对各种技术的意见和看法（例如，个人紧急响应系统，跌倒检测系统）和传感器类型（例如，开关、运动传感器、计算机视觉），包括他们愿意在家中安装和使用这些技术的地点。总体而言，研究发现，如果这些技术允许参与者留在自己的家中并在原地养老，那么这些技术是可以接受的。此外，一项组间分析表明，两个群体在对这些技术的类型和地点的偏好方面的意见之间没有太多统计学上的显著差异。
This pilot study investigated the willingness of two generational cohorts (current baby boomers and older adults) to accept home monitoring technology. Thirty individuals (15 baby boomers and 15 older adults) of both genders and living in the community participated in structured, mixed methods interviews. The participants' opinions and views on various technologies (e.g., personal emergency response systems, fall detection systems) and sensor types (e.g., switches, motion sensors, computer vision) were determined, including locations within the home where they would be willing to install and use such technologies. Overall, it was found that these technologies would be acceptable if they allowed the participants to remain in their own homes and to age in place. Furthermore, a between-group analysis indicated that there were not many statistically significant differences between the opinions of the two cohorts with respect to preferences about types and locations of these technologies.