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A Study on Health Status, Attitudes toward Robots, and Demand for Robots between Baby Boomers and Elderly Generations in Korea

  • The Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2021, 5(2), pp.141-151
  • DOI : 10.22685/JTS.2021.5.2.141
  • Publisher : The Society for Transdisciplinary Studies
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : December 1, 2021
  • Accepted : December 24, 2021
  • Published : December 31, 2021

Oh Jin Hwan 1 HWANG JI WON 2 Kim Og Son 3

1수원과학대학교
2경동대학교
3강서대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this descriptive study was to compare the health status, attitudes toward robots and demand for human care robots, targeting Korean baby boomers and elderly generations who are end-users of human care robots. Through this study, it was intended to provide basic data for the development of strategies to improve the software technology of the human care robot and increase its utilization. The number of subjects was calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.2 program. Data were collected from April 23 to May 17, 2019, for a total of 250 people (117 baby boomers and 133 elderly people). The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS WIN 18.0 program. The difference in the main variables between the two groups was analyzed using t-test, χ2 test, and Fisher's exact test, and the correlation between the main variables was analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient. As a result of the study, in the case of the health status of the baby boomers was better than the elderly generation (t=2.68, p=0.008). The attitudes toward robots was more positive for the elderly generation (t=6.22, p

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