Factors Related to Acceptance to Use Care Technologies for Bathing Among Middle-Aged Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sakiko Itoh; Kentaro Watanabe; Hiroyasu Miwa; Tomoko Ikeuchi; Tomoko Wakui

doi:10.3233/SHTI220295

Factors Related to Acceptance to Use Care Technologies for Bathing Among Middle-Aged Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 6:290:1116-1117. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220295.

Authors

Sakiko Itoh^{1

2}, Kentaro Watanabe³, Hiroyasu Miwa³, Tomoko Ikeuchi⁴, Tomoko Wakui^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
² Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Service Value Augmentation Research Team, Human Augmentation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 35673233
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220295

Abstract

A dearth of evidence remains regarding the acceptance of care technologies by middle-aged adults that will need long-term care in the future. Therefore, we identified the factors associated with the acceptance of care technologies for bathing among middle-aged adults in Japan. Of the 1937 participants, 1553 participants were willing to receive bathing assistance from care technologies. The factors positively related to the acceptance of care technologies were female sex and higher educational levels.

Keywords: Middle Aged; Self-Help Devices; Technology.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Japan
Long-Term Care
Male
Middle Aged
Self Care*
Technology*