Exploring attitudes of healthcare professionals towards ICT-based interventions for nursing home residents with dementia: a mixed-methods approach

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) could be useful for delivering non-pharmacological therapies (NPTs) for dementia in nursing home settings. To identify technology-related expectations and inhibitions of healthcare professionals associated with the intention to use ICT-based NPTs. Cr...

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Published in:Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession 2018-02, Vol.54 (1), p.13-25
Main Authors: O'Sullivan, Julie Lorraine, Gellert, Paul, Hesse, Britta, Jordan, Laura-Maria, Möller, Sebastian, Voigt-Antons, Jan-Niklas, Nordheim, Johanna
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Language:English
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Nursing
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Summary:Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) could be useful for delivering non-pharmacological therapies (NPTs) for dementia in nursing home settings. To identify technology-related expectations and inhibitions of healthcare professionals associated with the intention to use ICT-based NPTs. Cross-sectional multi-method survey. N = 205 healthcare professionals completed a quantitative survey on usage and attitudes towards ICTs. Additionally, N = 11 semi-structured interviews were conducted. Participants were classified as intenders to use ICTs (53%), non-intenders (14%) or ambivalent (32%). A MANCOVA revealed higher perceived usefulness for intenders compared to non-intenders and ambivalent healthcare professionals (V =.28, F(12, 292)= 3.94, p
ISSN:1037-6178
1839-3535
DOI:10.1080/10376178.2017.1421087