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Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 9/2015

01-09-2015 | Patient Facing Systems

On the Effect of Previous Technological Experience on the Usability of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

Authors: Alberto L. Morán, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Felipe Orihuela-Espina, Eloísa García-Canseco, Ana I. Grimaldo, Enrique Sucar

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 9/2015

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Abstract

We present and discuss our findings on the identified causes for the differences of the results of two usability studies on the borrowed use of Gesture Therapy, a virtual rehabilitation tool for the cognitive stimulation and physical activation of elders. The studies focused on usability aspects including perceived usefulness, ease of use, intention of use and user experience. In the first study, we used self-report techniques to gather data, and found that previous technological experience had a significant effect on the perceived anxiety of elders; while on the second study, we used indirect observation techniques to gather data, and found that previous technological experience had a significant effect on the perceived enjoyment of elders. After a further analysis of the video recordings of the playing sessions, we identified that elders developed two different approaches to their using the application (explore-and-learn and score-and-compete), which could be related to their previous technological experience, and explain the identified differences. We observed that in the presence of problems, the response of participants was different depending on the adopted behavior. Based on this evidence, we distilled a set of preliminary guidelines to foster or inhibit certain behaviors and outcomes related to the effect of previous experience that were observed during our evaluation studies of virtual tools for the cognitive stimulation and physical activation of the elderly.
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Metadata
Title
On the Effect of Previous Technological Experience on the Usability of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders
Authors
Alberto L. Morán
Cristina Ramírez-Fernández
Victoria Meza-Kubo
Felipe Orihuela-Espina
Eloísa García-Canseco
Ana I. Grimaldo
Enrique Sucar
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0297-0

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