School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
J Telemed Telecare. 2010;16(8):441-6. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2010.090905. Epub 2010 Sep 24.
We investigated how older Hong Kong people perceive the application of telecommunication technologies in products that could enhance their safety at home. The telecare devices in the present study were: (1) the Personal Emergency Link Service (PELS), a 24-hour personal emergency link service; (2) a home-based non-intrusive motion monitoring system; and (3) a wearable vital signs monitoring system. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 368 elderly persons aged 65 years or above from 15 District Elderly Community Centres in Hong Kong, through a structured questionnaire administered during face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers. All three telecare devices were generally perceived as useful by the elderly participants: the PELS by 96% of them, the home-based non-intrusive monitoring system by 91% and the wearable vital signs monitoring system by 84%. However, although many respondents were positive about the function and usefulness of these devices, they stated that they would not personally use them. Technological innovations need to be perceived by the elderly as relevant to their everyday lives.
我们调查了香港老年人如何看待电信技术在可能提高他们居家安全的产品中的应用。本研究中的远程保健设备有：（1）个人紧急联络服务（PELS），一种 24 小时个人紧急联络服务；（2）基于家庭的非侵入式运动监测系统；以及（3）可穿戴生命体征监测系统。数据是从香港 15 个地区老人中心的 368 名 65 岁或以上的老年人中随机抽取的样本中收集的，通过受过培训的访谈员进行的面对面访谈，用结构化问卷进行。所有三种远程保健设备都普遍被老年人认为有用：PELS 被 96%的老年人认为有用，基于家庭的非侵入式监测系统被 91%的老年人认为有用，可穿戴生命体征监测系统被 84%的老年人认为有用。然而，尽管许多受访者对这些设备的功能和有用性表示肯定，但他们表示不会亲自使用。技术创新需要被老年人视为与他们的日常生活相关。
