| URN | etd-0110119-205436 | Statistics | This thesis had been viewed 224 times. Download 7 times. |
| Author | CHIA-SHUN WANG | ||
| Author's Email Address | andrew17025@gmail.com | ||
| Department | Institute of Industrial Management | ||
| Year | 2018 | Semester | 1 |
| Degree | Master | Type of Document | Master's Thesis |
| Language | zh-TW.Big5 Chinese | Page Count | 125 |
| Title | Use Technology Acceptance Model to Explore Elderly Home Care Robot | ||
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| Abstract | With an aging population, a long-trend trend has emerged of using robots for the in-home care of the elderly in order to lighten the burden of caregivers. This paper uses the technology acceptance model (TAM) to explore the application of robots for the in-home care of the elderly. The purposes of this study are: 1) To determine how much people understand about using robots in the in-home care of the elderly; 2) To determine how much people themselves and their family members understand about the demands of in-home care for the elderly; 3) To determine people's desire to use robots for in-home elderly care for family members or for themselves; 4) To determine in what circumstances they would most want to use robots for in-home elderly care for family members or for themselves; what attracts them to using robots? And what are the most important factors in selecting a robot? 5) How do demographics (sex, age, education) affect recognition of the four variables of the technology acceptance model (cognitive usefulness, cognitive ease of use, usage attitude, and usage desire)? 6) To conduct a hypothesis verification to test the direct effects and intermediary effects of the four variables of the TAM. This study was conducted via surveys, with the TAM as the structure of the study. Narrative statistics use frequencies and percentages to describe sex, age, and education. Deductive statistics use independent sample verification, single factor variation analysis, Pearson analysis, and regression analysis to conduct tests according to the content of the hypothesis. The results of the study indicate that: 1) People are generally unaware about using robots in the in-home care of the elderly; 2) Most people have the experience or requirements for in-home elderly care; 3) Most people have a positive inclination toward using robots for in-home elderly care for family members or for themselves; 4) When it comes to in-home elderly care for family members or for themselves, people want to use them for ˇ§daily lifeˇ¨ and ˇ§rehabilitation trainingˇ¨. What makes them attractive to use is ˇ§being able to avoid conflicts or awkwardness between the caregiver and the care receiverˇ¨, ˇ§alleviating the burdens of caregiversˇ¨, and ˇ§care receivers can do more things on their own, making them more autonomousˇ¨. The most important factors when selecting a care robot are ˇ§ease of useˇ¨, ˇ§safety certificationsˇ¨, and ˇ§low pricesˇ¨. 5) As far as gender is concerned, there is significant difference between male and female in terms of cognitive ease of use, with males scoring higher than females. As for age, 25-34 year-olds scored significantly higher than 65 and above on cognitive usefulness and 25-34 year-olds scored significantly higher than 55 and above on cognitive ease of use. As for education, those with college education scored significantly higher than those with high school (vocational) education on usage attitude and usage desire. 6) The test results from the TAM found that cognitive usefulness, cognitive ease of use, usage attitude, and usage desire all had a notable positive effects. In the process of ˇ§ease of useˇ¨ affecting ˇ§usage desireˇ¨, ˇ§usage attitudeˇ¨ had a full mediation effect, while the others all had a partial mediation effect. This study found that, in the interest of ensuring the accuracy of the data, it would be advisable to take into consideration the attention span, memory, and the effects of the time and space environment, language understanding, and methods of expression of those 65 years old and above. For the robot industry and those who might accept robots for the in-home care of the elderly in the future, consumer awareness is not sufficient. However, the prospects and potential are unlimited. The sampling for this study was all collected in the Zhongshun neighborhood of Wenshan District in Taipei City. It is recommended that future studies use a larger survey sampling range in order to obtain more in-depth information. |
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| Date of Defense | 2018-10-31 | Date of Submission | 2019-01-10 |