I realised that it can be good to measure the experience of and attitudes towards digital technology, and then I remembered that we used some instruments like that in the project I was involved in at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). After doing a bit of searching, I found some instruments about experience and one about attitudes from the following articles listed below. In the end, considering the importance of not making a too long survey, I decided not to include any questions on attitudes to technology but only to include the following questions in the survey.
- Har du tillgång till internet i hemmet? (Ja; Nej)
- Hur ofta under de senaste tre månaderna har du använt en smartphone eller surfplatta? (Dagligen; Flera gånger i veckan: Någon gång i veckan; Någon gång i månaden; Någon enstaka gång; Aldrig; Vet ej)
- Hur kunnig anser du dig vara när det gäller användning av en smartphone eller surfplatta? (Inte alls kunnig, inte särskilt kunnig, ganska kunnig eller mycket kunnig)
I think these questions are most relevant as predictors for how the older people are able to handle the app. I think that habit and capacity also per definition says something about attitudes. That the proof is in the pudding, as the English say.
Experience
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Anderberg, P. et al. (2019). The effects of the digital platform support monitoring and reminder technology for mild dementia (smart4md) for people with mild cognitive impairment and their informal carers: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR research protocols, 8(6), 13711. (Here is a direct link to the questions included in the instrument)
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Andersson, J., Bäck, J., & Ernbrandt, T. (2020). Svenskarna och internet 2020. Internetstiftelsen.
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Bergström, A. (2017). Digital equality and the uptake of digital applications among seniors of different age. Nordicom Review, 38 (Special Issue 1), 79–91.
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Bergström, A. (2015). The contexts of internet use - from innovators to late majority. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 12(1), 3–18.
Attitudes
- Anderberg, P., Eivazzadeh, S., & Berglund, J. S. (2019). A novel instrument for measuring older people’s attitudes toward technology (techph): development and validation. Journal of medical Internet research, 21(5), 13951.