Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2022
Date Accepted: Feb 26, 2023
Comprehensive Senior Technology Acceptance Model of Daily Assistive Technology for Older Adults with Frailty: Cross-Sectional Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
There are considerable gaps between the need for and the actual adoption of assistive technologies among older adults, although older adults are one of the groups that most need assistive technology. Consequently, research is needed in this area, as older adults' technology acceptance and influencing factors may differ depending on their level of frailty.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to compare frail, prefrail, and robust groups regarding their behavioral intention to use daily assistive technologies and the affecting factors, namely, technological context factors, health contexts and abilities, and attitudinal factors, based on a comprehensive senior technology acceptance model.
Methods:
A nationwide sample of 500 older Korean adults (aged 55-92 years) was analyzed, and multivariate linear regression analyses of the robust, prefrail, and frail groups were performed.
Results:
This study investigated whether there was a relationship between technological context factors, health contexts and abilities, and attitudinal factors and behavioral intention to use daily assistive technology. The technological context factors, health contexts and abilities, and attitudinal factors had a significant effect on behavioral intention. The technological context factors affected the behavioral intention to use in the robust and prefrail groups, and the health contexts and abilities factors affected the behavioral intention to use in the prefrail group. Moreover, the attitudinal factors affected all groups.
Conclusions:
Our study found that the comprehensive senior technology acceptance model of daily assistive technology had different associations according to the frailty group. These findings provided insights into the consideration of interventions with daily assistive technology for older adults with varying levels of frailty.
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