Zhitao Tang, Xinyan Yang, Wenyan Tan, Yunfei Ke, Changgui Kou, Min Zhang, Lijie Liu, Yali Zhang, Xue Li, Wenjun Li, Shi-Bin Wang
Patterns of unhealthy lifestyle and their associations with depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese young adults: A latent class analysis
Journal of affective disorders
assistive devices could promote independent living support active healthy aging older population however several factors badly influence longterm use new technologies context paper presents twostep methodology called prevalidation aims identify factors bias use new services thus minimizing risk unsuccessful longer trial proposed prevalidation methodology composed two main phases aim assess usability reliability technology assessed laboratory environment usability acceptability user experience reliability technology real environments tested services include socialization scenario older adults better connected community via technological solutions ie socialization applications monitoring scenario allows introduction timely interventions technologies involved include environmental monitoring sensors telepresence robot wearable sensors personalized dashboard obtained results underline acceptable usability level average system usability scale score 65 tested technologies ie socialization applications telepresence robot phase two also underlines good acceptability user experience usability tested services statistical analysis underlines correlation stress related use technology digital skills intention use among factors qualitative feedback also remarks correlation older adults low digital skills anxiety using technology positive correlation indexes highlighted trust usability scores eventually future longterm trials assistive technology rely motivated caregivers founded strong recruitment process reassure older adultsespecially ones low digital literacyabout use technology proposing personalized training mentoring necessary increase trust