Rantanen Teemu, Lehto Paula, Vuorinen Pertti, Coco Kirsi
Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Vantaa, Finland.
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2018 Jun;32(2):772-782. doi: 10.1111/scs.12508. Epub 2017 Aug 22.
STUDY'S RATIONALE: The significance of care robotics has been highlighted in recent years.
The article examines the adoption of care robots in home care settings, and in particular Finnish home care personnel's attitudes towards robots. The study compares the importance of the Negative Attitudes towards Robots Scale advanced by Nomura and specific positive attitudes related to the usefulness of care robots for different tasks in the home care.
A cross-sectional study conducted by questionnaire. The research data were gathered from a survey of Finnish home care personnel (n = 200).
Exploratory factor analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis.
The Negative Attitudes towards Robots Scale (NARS), by Nomura, with a specific behavioural intention scale based on Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, and a measure of positive attitudes towards the usefulness of care robots for different tasks in home care and the promotion of independent living of older persons.
The study shows that NARS helps to explain psychological resistance related to the introduction of care robots, although the scale is susceptible to cultural differences. Care personnel's behavioural intentions related to the introduction of robot applications are influenced also by the perception of the usefulness of care robots.
The study is based only on a Finnish sample, and the response rate of the study was relatively small (18.2%), which limits the generalisability of the results.
The study shows that the examination of home care personnel's attitudes towards robots is not justified to focus only on one aspect, but a better explanation is achieved by combining the perspectives of societal attitudes, attitudes related to psychological reactions and the practical care and promotion of the independent living of older people.
近年来，护理机器人的重要性已得到凸显。
本文探讨了护理机器人在家庭护理环境中的应用情况，特别是芬兰家庭护理人员对机器人的态度。该研究比较了野村提出的对机器人的消极态度量表的重要性，以及与护理机器人在家庭护理中执行不同任务的有用性相关的特定积极态度。
通过问卷调查进行的横断面研究。研究数据来自对芬兰家庭护理人员（n = 200）的调查。
探索性因素分析、皮尔逊相关系数和线性回归分析。
野村的对机器人的消极态度量表（NARS），基于阿杰恩的计划行为理论的特定行为意图量表，以及对护理机器人在家庭护理中执行不同任务的有用性和促进老年人独立生活的积极态度的测量指标。
研究表明，NARS有助于解释与引入护理机器人相关的心理抵触情绪，尽管该量表易受文化差异影响。护理人员与引入机器人应用相关的行为意图也受到对护理机器人有用性的认知的影响。
该研究仅基于芬兰样本，且研究的回复率相对较低（18.2%），这限制了结果的普遍性。
研究表明，对家庭护理人员对机器人态度的考察不能仅聚焦于一个方面，而是通过结合社会态度、与心理反应相关的态度以及对老年人实际护理和促进其独立生活的角度能得到更好的解释。
