Investigation of the Attitudes and Barriers of Prosthetics and Orthotics Professionals in Turkey Towards 3D Printers and Technology
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 131
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
研究概览
简要总结
This study aim is the attitudes and barriers of prosthetics and orthotics professionals towards 3D printers and technology will be determined.
详细描述
It is known that there are generally concerns about high capital costs and return on investment in the use of 3D printer technology in Turkey.
It is known that there is no study in Turkey to investigate the attitudes and barriers of prosthetics and orthotics professionals towards 3D printers and technology. Therefore, the attitudes and barriers of prosthetics and orthotics professionals towards 3D printers and technology will be questioned in the study. It was aimed to reveal the perspectives and concerns about 3D printers and technology and to emphasize the importance of increasing the number of education and competent personnel regarding the dissemination of technological applications in practice.
In the study investigating the attitudes and barriers of prosthetics and orthosis professionals towards 3D printers and technology in Turkey, a total of 131 participants, 29 female and 102 male, aged at least 18 and at most 65 years old, were included.
The participants first filled out the Demographic Information Form. This form includes demographic information such as the participant's age, gender, education level, profession, duration of professional experience, geographical region where they work, the number of in-service trainings they receive in the field of orthosis and prosthesis, weekly working hours and the number of daily patients they communicate with.
At the end of the demographic information, the participants were asked to state open-endedly what they had concerns about technology that they could not define.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •As working in an Orthosis and Prosthesis Application Center
- •Being 18 years of age or older.
排除标准
- •Insufficient cognitive level to answer the survey
结局指标
主要结局
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
时间窗: immediately after screening
While creating the TAM survey, a total of 23 questions were asked to measure the perceived of usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude variable, intention variable and the behavior variable towards 3D Printing and Technology. Questions were also asked to determine demographic characteristics. Demographic information questions are; participant's age, gender, education level, job, work experience (years), job geographic region, number of in-service trainings in orthotics and prosthetics, weekly working hours and number of patients contacted daily. At the end of the demographic information, participants were asked to clearly state their concerns about technology that they could not define. While the questions regarding demographic targets in the survey were categorical, the questions measuring perceptions regarding the use of 3D printing and technology included 5-point Likert type answers. (1: Strongly disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Neutral, 4: Agree, 5: Strongly agree)
Affinity for Technology Interaction (ATI)
时间窗: immediately after screening
ATI evaluates the affinity to technology by focusing on user-system interaction. The scale takes into account cognitive needs to base affinity to technology on basic psychological structures and the questions are formulated accordingly. The title of the scale includes the statement that questions will be asked about interaction with technical systems. In our study, 3D Printer technology was stated to the participants as a technical system. The scale consists of 9 questions and the answers are in the form of a 6-point Likert scale: '1=Totally disagree, 2=Mostly disagree, 3=Partially disagree, 4=Partially agree, 5=Mostly agree, 6=Totally agree'. Finally, an average score was calculated over the 9 questions.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Ayse Yazgan
Lecturer
Medipol University