Malinowsky Camilla, Nygård Louise, Tanemura Rumi, Nagao Toru, Noda Kazue, Nakata Osamu, Sagara Jiro, Rosenberg Lena, Asaba Eric, Kottorp Anders
a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS) , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
b Graduate School of Health Sciences , Kobe University , Kobe , Japan.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2018 Nov;25(6):446-456. doi: 10.1080/11038128.2017.1321684. Epub 2017 Apr 27.
As context may impact everyday technology (ET) use it is relevant to study this within different contexts.
To examine the usefulness of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) in different contexts by investigating and comparing (1) the level of challenge of ETs in the ETUQ and (2) the relevance of and perceived ability to use ET in samples of Swedish and Japanese older adults.
The Swedish and the Japanese samples (n = 86/86) were interviewed using the ETUQ about relevance of and perceived ability to use ET. Data were analyzed using Rasch analysis, chi square and a general linear model. Moreover, Differential Item Functioning (DIF) was investigated.
The hierarchy of ETs' level of challenge was generally stable in the two contexts. On group-level, the relevance was somewhat higher and the perceived ability to use ET significantly higher in the Swedish sample than in the Japanese.
The similarities and differences between the technological landscapes of Sweden and Japan could be detected by ETUQ, demonstrating its usefulness in both countries. The potential causes to the differences in relevance of and perceived ability to use ET between older adults in Sweden and Japan need further exploration.
由于情境可能会影响日常技术（ET）的使用，因此在不同情境下研究这一点具有重要意义。
通过调查和比较（1）日常技术使用问卷（ETUQ）中日常技术的挑战水平，以及（2）瑞典和日本老年人样本中使用日常技术的相关性和感知能力，来检验日常技术使用问卷（ETUQ）在不同情境下的有用性。
使用日常技术使用问卷（ETUQ）对瑞典和日本样本（n = 86/86）进行访谈，了解使用日常技术的相关性和感知能力。使用拉施分析、卡方检验和一般线性模型对数据进行分析。此外，还研究了项目功能差异（DIF）。
在两种情境下，日常技术挑战水平的层次结构总体上是稳定的。在组水平上，瑞典样本中使用日常技术的相关性略高，且感知能力显著高于日本样本。
日常技术使用问卷（ETUQ）能够检测出瑞典和日本技术环境之间的异同，证明了其在两国的有用性。瑞典和日本老年人在使用日常技术的相关性和感知能力方面存在差异的潜在原因需要进一步探索。
