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dc.contributor.authorBong, Way Kiat
dc.contributor.authorBergland, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorChen, Weiqin
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-03T10:55:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T14:32:45Z
dc.date.available2020-01-03T10:55:43Z
dc.date.available2020-01-13T14:32:45Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-21
dc.identifier.citationBong WK, Bergland A, Chen W. Technology Acceptance and Quality of Life among Older People Using a TUI Application . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019en
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7974
dc.description.abstractGood quality of life is important for healthy ageing. Studies have shown that although information and communication technology can improve older people’s quality of life, their technology acceptance level is rather low. Tangible user interfaces (TUIs) enable people to interact with the digital world through everyday physical objects, thus offering more intuitive digital environments for older people. In this study, we employ a TUI prototype to investigate the relationship between older people’s technology acceptance and quality of life, the changes in these outcome measures after using TUI, and the associations between them. The TUI prototype, Tangible Cup was used by 20 older participants over a period of three months. Data were collected using the technology acceptance model (TAM) questionnaire, the older people’s quality of life (OPQOL) questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results showed some positive changes in technology acceptance after the use of Tangible Cup. However, no change in the quality of life was found. While statistically significant correlations between the change in technology acceptance and the change in quality of life were observed, limitations such as small sample size and participants not accurately representing the target population should be noted. Thus, further research is needed to better understand the associations between the change in technology acceptance and the change in quality of life.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Calling you project, one of the strategic lighthouse initiatives at the Faculty of Technology, Art, and Design (TKD), OsloMet.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;Volume 16, Issue 23
dc.rights© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectOlder peopleen
dc.subjectTangible user interfacesen
dc.subjectTechnology acceptance modelsen
dc.subjectLife qualitiesen
dc.titleTechnology Acceptance and Quality of Life among Older People Using a TUI Applicationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2020-01-03T10:55:43Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234706
dc.identifier.cristin1765809
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.relation.projectIDOsloMet - storbyuniversitetet: 547361


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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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