title: Understanding expectations of different user groups of a sophisticated fall detection system.
abstract: The evaluation in technical invention is important because it tests functionality of the intervention and it forms an overall point of view of a user. This study aims to introduce an approach for collecting user expectations with Q methodology in Safe Private Home for Elderly Persons (CARE), which is a new development in ambient assisted living. CARE is a sophisticated fall detection system used in elderly homes to monitor elderly people and the staff. Expectations of elderly people and the staff were collected with Q sorting. Requirements of examined groups were explored successfully on the basis of the sorting and the differences in their opinions were appointed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ergonomics and Psychology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. colt@erg.bme.hu.
authors.forename: Kata
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koloszár
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D017028:Caregivers; D005387:Finland; D005858:Germany; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D035502:Trust