Schizophrenic patients’ expectations facing technology in a cognitive rehabilit...

• Author(s): Freire, Carla S. ; Reis, Catarina I. ; Monguet, Josep M. ; Fernandez, Joaquin
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/864
• Origin: IC-online
• Subject(s): eTherapy; Expectations; Technology acceptance; Behavioral intention; Schizophrenic patients
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

eTherapy can bring numerous advantages, however people have to adapt to a different discourse. It would be interesting to know patients’ expectations regarding to this type of therapy. A questionnaire was developed with the most studied factors proved to have an important role in technology acceptance. The results allowed highlighting some important factors that influence behavioral intention, and made it possible to verify that some of these factors may be linked or influence others among different dimensions.