Rantanen Teemu, Toikko Timo
Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Vantaa, Finland.
University of Tampere, Faculty of Social Sciences, Pori, Finland.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2017 Apr;34(2):131-144. doi: 10.1177/1455072517691060. Epub 2017 Mar 23.
The significance of welfare and health technology has been highlighted in recent years. However, employees' attitudes towards welfare technology in substance abuse treatment have received little attention. This article examines employees' readiness to introduce welfare technology in substance abuse treatment and their attitudes towards its use.
The theoretical framework of this study is based on Ajzen's (1991, 2001) theory of planned behaviour, and the ongoing discussion about the adoption of new technology in healthcare. The research data ( = 129) were collected in the form of an electronic questionnaire in Finland in 2015.
The results are consistent with the theory of planned behaviour and previous studies on the acceptance of information systems in healthcare. Employees' readiness to introduce new welfare technology applications and devices in substance abuse treatment is influenced by their personal appreciation of welfare technology, the expectations of their colleagues and supervisors, as well as their own perceptions of their capacity to learn to use the applications.
The study found some links between demographic factors and cognitions related to welfare technology. In particular, employees with a healthcare background are more inclined to adopt the technology than other employees in substance abuse treatment. In addition, a person's age has a negative relationship with their perceived technology management. However, age has no significant connection with attitudes and no direct independent effect on the readiness to introduce a new welfare technology. Lastly, the results show that previous positive experiences of welfare technology make it easier to introduce new technologies.
近年来，福利与健康技术的重要性已得到凸显。然而，员工对物质滥用治疗中福利技术的态度却很少受到关注。本文探讨员工在物质滥用治疗中引入福利技术的意愿及其对使用该技术的态度。
本研究的理论框架基于阿杰恩（1991年、2001年）的计划行为理论，以及当前关于医疗保健领域新技术采用的讨论。研究数据（n = 129）于2015年在芬兰以电子问卷的形式收集。
研究结果与计划行为理论以及先前关于医疗保健领域信息系统接受度的研究一致。员工在物质滥用治疗中引入新福利技术应用和设备的意愿，受到他们对福利技术的个人评价、同事和上级的期望，以及他们自身对学习使用这些应用能力的认知的影响。
该研究发现了人口统计学因素与福利技术相关认知之间的一些联系。特别是，在物质滥用治疗领域，有医疗保健背景的员工比其他员工更倾向于采用该技术。此外，一个人的年龄与其感知到的技术管理能力呈负相关。然而，年龄与态度没有显著关联，对引入新福利技术的意愿也没有直接的独立影响。最后，结果表明，先前对福利技术的积极体验会使引入新技术变得更容易。
