Supportive home health care technology for older adults: Attitudes and implementation
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Healthcare delivered at home via telehealth technology may save on both individual and societal healthcare costs. Three studies investigated potential attitudinal barriers to home healthcare adoption. Results from the first concerning adults' privacy concerns and mobile device preferences showed that attitudes clustered into 4 factors and that older adults, particularly males, showed less concern than younger adults about privacy. The second and third studies explored comfort with a wearable device and the role of aesthetics over 2-week and 6-month intervals. Results showed that older adults had stable ratings for comfort while wearing a watch device designed to collect data in real time and that aspects of physical comfort predicted use over a six-month time period. Taken together, the studies provide evidence that attitudes about privacy and comfort for wearable health devices are unlikely to be significant barriers to adoption, though first impressions are important for all age groups.
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- Authors
- Charness, N., Best, R., & Evans, J.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Gerontechnology
- Published
- 2016-12-12
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 233-242
- ISSN
- 1569-1101 (ISSN-L)
- 1569-111X
- PMC
- PMC5640315
- OpenAlex
- W2565338436
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Gerontechnology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG017211, R44AG029196)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Keywords
- home health care, telemedicine, older adults, technology adoption, privacy concerns, wearable devices, device comfort, attitudes toward technology, gender differences, first impressions
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