Exploring the Use of Electronics to Customize Pervasive Health Technologies with Older Adult Crafters

Jelen, Ben; Richards, Olivia K.; Whitman, Samantha A.; Ongwere, Tom; Kresnye, K. Cassie; Siek, Katie A.

doi:10.1145/3421937.3421976

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“…Exercise change can be measured more accurately by taking a different approach, such as using a monitoring device for physical activity. These include accelerometers, pedometers, and heart rate monitors (Bravata et al, 2007;Rogers et al, 2014;Stonerock and Blumenthal, 2017;Jelen et al, 2020).…”

Section: Limitations and Future Workmentioning

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Creepy, but Persuasive: In a Virtual Consultation, Physician Bedside Manner, Rather than the Uncanny Valley, Predicts Adherence

Dai

MacDorman

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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Care for chronic disease requires patient adherence to treatment advice. Nonadherence worsens health outcomes and increases healthcare costs. When healthcare professionals are in short supply, a virtual physician could serve as a persuasive technology to promote adherence. However, acceptance of advice may be hampered by the uncanny valley effect—a feeling of eeriness elicited by human simulations. In a hypothetical virtual doctor consultation, 441 participants assumed the patient’s role. Variables from the stereotype content model and the heuristic–systematic model were used to predict adherence intention and behavior change. This 2 × 5 between-groups experiment manipulated the doctor’s bedside manner—either good or poor—and virtual depiction at five levels of realism. These independent variables were designed to manipulate the doctor’s level of warmth and eeriness. In hypothesis testing, depiction had a nonsignificant effect on adherence intention and diet and exercise change, even though the 3-D computer-animated versions of the doctor (i.e., animation, swapped, and bigeye) were perceived as eerier than the others (i.e., real and cartoon). The low-warmth, high-eeriness doctor prompted heuristic processing of information, while the high-warmth doctor prompted systematic processing. This pattern contradicts evidence reported in the persuasion literature. For the stereotype content model, a path analysis found that good bedside manner increased the doctor’s perceived warmth significantly, which indirectly increased physical activity. For the heuristic–systematic model, the doctor’s eeriness, measured in a pretest, had no significant effect on adherence intention and physical activity, while good bedside manner increased both significantly. Surprisingly, cognitive perspective-taking was a stronger predictor of change in physical activity than adherence intention. Although virtual characters can elicit the uncanny valley effect, their effect on adherence intention and physical activity was comparable to a video of a real person. This finding supports the development of virtual consultations.

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confidence: 99%

Creepy, but Persuasive: In a Virtual Consultation, Physician Bedside Manner, Rather than the Uncanny Valley, Predicts Adherence

Dai

MacDorman

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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Examining Identity as a Variable of Health Technology Research for Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Harrington

Martin-Hammond

Bray

2022

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Sustaining the Usefulness and Appeal of an Older Adult-led Makerspace through Developing and Adapting Resources

Hu,

Pradhan,

Bonsignore

et al. 2024

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Researchers are studying makerspaces as one way to support older adults in learning about and using new technologies and tools. In this paper, through a long-term (34 months), ethnographic approach, we study the ways that older adults arranged sociotechnical resources to sustain the community use of a makerspace. Our analysis identifies three interconnected resources that were developed: an adaptive staffing approach that could withstand constant personnel shifts and shortages; structured activities to draw interest and overcome challenges associated with learning to use the machines; and reference materials to support individuals in independent usage of the space. We describe the issues that arose as time went on with each of these resource types, and how individuals affiliated with the makerspace adapted the resources to address these issues. In the discussion, we extend best practices by reflecting on strategies that worked well in the makerspace, such as drawing interest through introductory classes, as well as different purposes for reference materials to support technology use.

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Exploring the Use of Electronics to Customize Pervasive Health Technologies with Older Adult Crafters

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

Creepy, but Persuasive: In a Virtual Consultation, Physician Bedside Manner, Rather than the Uncanny Valley, Predicts Adherence

Creepy, but Persuasive: In a Virtual Consultation, Physician Bedside Manner, Rather than the Uncanny Valley, Predicts Adherence

Examining Identity as a Variable of Health Technology Research for Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Sustaining the Usefulness and Appeal of an Older Adult-led Makerspace through Developing and Adapting Resources

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