Paper Info
Title
Technology acceptability for medical assistance
Abstract
In this research we examine the age-specific acceptance motives of medical assistive technologies assessing the general openness of using these technologies as well as estimating potential barriers, which may impede a successful rollout. 122 respondents (20 - 80 years) participated in a survey, in which they were asked to evaluate the pros and cons of the usage of medical assistive technologies, acceptance motives and potential utilization barriers. In order to understand the complex nature of acceptance, personal variables (age, technology generation gender) as well as participants' learning history with technology (technical experience, subjective technical confidence and general attitudes towards the usage of technologies) were related to each other. Outcomes show that, overall, there is a quite positive motivation regarding the usage of medical technology, though, the perceived usage barriers are weighted more decisive for the acceptability of medical technology than the positively evaluated using motives. Overall, it was revealed that acceptance issues should be considered in order to proactively design a successful rollout of medical technologies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8859
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
Keywords
Field
DocType
medical computing,patient care,social aspects of automation,ICT,age-specific acceptance,medical assistive technology,medical care,participant learning history,technology acceptance,ICT,age,gender,medical technology,user diversity
Medical education,Educational technology,Health technology,Computer science,Openness to experience,Computer network,Knowledge management,Cultural diversity,Medical treatment,Information and Communications Technology,Patient care
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-963-9799-89-9
17
1.17
References 
Authors
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martina Ziefle1171.17
Wiktoria Wilkowska2171.17