Finnish healthcare professionals' attitudes towards robots: Reflections on a population sample.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To answer the question: 'How prepared healthcare professionals are to take robots as their assistants in terms of experience and acceptance?'

Background

The ageing population, increasing care needs and shortage of healthcare professionals pose major challenges in Western societies. Special service robots designed for care tasks have been introduced as one solution to these problems.

Design

A correlative design.

Methods

Eurobarometer data (N = 969) and survey data of nurses and other healthcare professionals (N = 3800) were used to assess the relationship between robot acceptance and experiences with robots while controlling for the respondents' age, gender, occupational status and managerial experience.

Results

Healthcare profess

SUBMITTER: Turja T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature