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Factors Influencing Care Works’ the Intention to use Care Robots

돌봄로봇 사용에 대한 요양보호사의 사용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인

Ah-Ran Jo1
,
Kyongok Park2*
조 아란1
,
박 경옥2*
1Nurse, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Hospital, Wonju, Korea
2Professor, Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju, Korea
1연세대학교 원주세브란스 기독병원 간호사
2강릉원주대학교 간호학과 교수
*Corresponding Author
31 August 2025. pp. 468-475
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Abstract

To address the shortage of caregiving personnel, major countries including Korea are promoting the use of care robots. Despite growing expectations, understanding users’ digital competency and attitudes toward care robots, specifically their intention to use, is critical for actual adoption. This study aimed to identify factors influencing care workers’ intention to use care robots based on the Technology Acceptance Model. A descriptive survey was conducted with 138 care workers between April 1 and April 30, 2023. Regression analysis showed that digital competency (β = .200, p < .001), perceived usefulness (β = .227, p = .003), and perceived ease of use (β = .588, p < .001) significantly influenced intention to use care robots, explaining 75.3% of the variance (F = 60.55, p < .001). As the intention to use care robots may lead to actual usage, strategies to enhance care workers’ digital competency and to improve the perceived usefulness and ease of use of care robots are necessary.

Keywords
Care robots
Care workers
Digital competency
Intention to use
Usefulness
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Living Environmental System
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국생활환경학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of The Korean Society of Living Environmental System
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국생활환경학회
  • Volume : 32
  • No :4
  • Pages :468-475
  • Received Date : 2025-05-07
  • Revised Date : 2025-07-14
  • Accepted Date : 2025-07-20
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.21086/ksles.2025.8.32.4.468
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