Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Technology by Older People: How the elderly in Brazil feel about using electronics.

Author

Raymundo, Taiuani Marquine ; da Silva Santana, Carla

Author_Institution

Inst. of Chem. of Sao Carlos, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

68

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the acceptance of technology by the elderly as well as the variables that influence the acceptance and insertion of technological devices into everyday life. It is a transversal, qualitative, quantitative, and analytical study. The procedures of data collection included a socioeconomic questionnaire, an instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scale, an acceptance of technologies scale, and a questionnaire focusing on the factors that influence the use of technologies.

Keywords

assisted living; consumer electronics; social aspects of automation; technology management; Brazil; IADL; data collection; elderly; electronics; instrumental activities of daily living; older people; socioeconomic questionnaire; technological devices acceptance; technological devices insertion; technologies scale acceptance; Aging; Behavioral science; Brazil; Data collection; Market research; Senior citizens; Smart phones; Social factors; Supply and demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2162-2248

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCE.2014.2340071

Filename

6914682