Technology in Old Age from a Psychological Point of View

Oppenauer, Claudia; Preschl, Barbara; Kalteis, Karin; Kryspin-Exner, Ilse

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-76805-0_11

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“…Several factors affect the acceptance of technology by older adults including their fear to use something new, not seeing the need, lack of training or advice on how to use the technology, and the technology not being user friendly (Tacken, Marcellini, Mollenkopf, Ruoppila, & Szeman, 2005). However, level of acceptance can increase when this population receives adequate training and clearly understands the benefits of use (Oppenauer, Preschl, Kalteis, & Kryspin-Exner, 2007). Within this context, we emphasized the functionalities of Brian 2.1 for assistance with enhanced activities of daily living during our live demonstration session.…”

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Acceptance and Attitudes Toward a Human-like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults

Louie

McColl

Nejat

2014

Assistive Technology

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Recent studies have shown that cognitive and social interventions are crucial to the overall health of older adults including their psychological, cognitive, and physical well-being. However, due to the rapidly growing elderly population of the world, the resources and people to provide these interventions is lacking. Our work focuses on the use of social robotic technologies to provide person-centered cognitive interventions. In this article, we investigate the acceptance and attitudes of older adults toward the human-like expressive socially assistive robot Brian 2.1 in order to determine if the robot's human-like assistive and social characteristics would promote the use of the robot as a cognitive and social interaction tool to aid with activities of daily living. The results of a robot acceptance questionnaire administered during a robot demonstration session with a group of 46 elderly adults showed that the majority of the individuals had positive attitudes toward the socially assistive robot and its intended applications.

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Acceptance and Attitudes Toward a Human-like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults

Louie

McColl

Nejat

2014

Assistive Technology

131

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“…A video tutorial was shown to illustrate all Robot-Era services and older volunteers could touch the robots and ask questions about their functionalities to become confident with them. In fact, adequate training can increase the level of acceptance [ 48 ].…”

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Robotic Services Acceptance in Smart Environments With Older Adults: User Satisfaction and Acceptability Study

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BackgroundIn Europe, the population of older people is increasing rapidly. Many older people prefer to remain in their homes but living alone could be a risk for their safety. In this context, robotics and other emerging technologies are increasingly proposed as potential solutions to this societal concern. However, one-third of all assistive technologies are abandoned within one year of use because the end users do not accept them.ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to investigate the acceptance of the Robot-Era system, which provides robotic services to permit older people to remain in their homes.MethodsSix robotic services were tested by 35 older users. The experiments were conducted in three different environments: private home, condominium, and outdoor sites. The appearance questionnaire was developed to collect the users’ first impressions about the Robot-Era system, whereas the acceptance was evaluated through a questionnaire developed ad hoc for Robot-Era.ResultsA total of 45 older users were recruited. The people were grouped in two samples of 35 participants, according to their availability. Participants had a positive impression of Robot-Era robots, as reflected by the mean score of 73.04 (SD 11.80) for DORO’s (domestic robot) appearance, 76.85 (SD 12.01) for CORO (condominium robot), and 75.93 (SD 11.67) for ORO (outdoor robot). Men gave ORO’s appearance an overall score higher than women (P=.02). Moreover, participants younger than 75 years understood more readily the functionalities of Robot-Era robots compared to older people (P=.007 for DORO, P=.001 for CORO, and P=.046 for ORO). For the ad hoc questionnaire, the mean overall score was higher than 80 out of 100 points for all Robot-Era services. Older persons with a high educational level gave Robot-Era services a higher score than those with a low level of education (shopping: P=.04; garbage: P=.047; reminding: P=.04; indoor walking support: P=.006; outdoor walking support: P=.03). A higher score was given by male older adults for shopping (P=.02), indoor walking support (P=.02), and outdoor walking support (P=.03).ConclusionsBased on the feedback given by the end users, the Robot-Era system has the potential to be developed as a socially acceptable and believable provider of robotic services to facilitate older people to live independently in their homes.

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“…In spite of increasing evidence suggesting that that older people are more receptive to using exergaming for exercise [ 44 , 46 , 47 ], majority of exergaming users are young people [ 48 – 50 ]. Gerontology studies have highlighted learned helplessness in older people in using technology [ 51 , 52 ]. Furthermore, advertising campaigns for exergames tend to target younger age groups with gaming themes that do not appeal to older people [ 53 ].…”

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The effects of exergaming on pain, postural control, technology acceptance and flow experience in older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomised controlled trial

Ditchburn

Schaik

Dixon

et al. 2020

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil

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Background Older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain are at risk of falls. This study aimed to investigate the effects of exergaming on pain and postural control in older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Secondary outcomes were technology acceptance, flow experience, perceived physical exertion, expended mental effort and heart rate. Methods Fifty four older adults (age: 71 ± 5 years) with chronic musculoskeletal pain were randomised into 2 groups. Group 1 received exergaming training using the Interactive Rehabilitation and Exercise System (IREX®). Group 2 undertook traditional gym-based exercise (TGB). Both groups completed twice weekly 40-min exercise sessions for 6 weeks. Perceived pain was measured using a numeric pain rating scale and the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey questionnaire. Postural control was measured as sway using a Kistler™ force platform. Technology acceptance was measured with the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology questionnaire and flow experience with the Flow State Scale. Physiological measures of perceived physical exertion, expended mental effort and heart rate were recorded during all sessions. Results The exergaming group demonstrated significant reductions in pain intensity and thermal pain including a near significant approach in physical engagement in comparison to TGB group. Although no intervention effects on postural control were found, the exergaming group showed significant improvements in three sway measures (AP SD, ML SD and AP range) over time whereas significant improvements in ML range were found in the TGB group. Relating to technology acceptance, significant intervention effects on social influence and behavioural intention were found in the TGB group instead, although both groups demonstrated increases of acceptance over time. Regarding flow experience, concentration at task was significantly influenced in the TGB group and significant increases in flow variables over time were observed in both groups. Significant increases over time in perceived physical exertion and expended mental effort were found in both groups. Conclusion Our findings support the potential of exergaming to alleviate pain and improve balance in older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Both forms of exercise are acceptable, intrinsically motivating and show evidence of benefit to older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04029285 (retrospectively registered, July 23, 2019)

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Technology in Old Age from a Psychological Point of View

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Acceptance and Attitudes Toward a Human-like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults

Acceptance and Attitudes Toward a Human-like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults

Robotic Services Acceptance in Smart Environments With Older Adults: User Satisfaction and Acceptability Study

The effects of exergaming on pain, postural control, technology acceptance and flow experience in older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomised controlled trial

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