高齡者使用智慧藥盒之聲音提示效果研究

Effectiveness and Preferences of Smart Pill Box Notification Sounds: A Study of Elderly Users

本研究旨在探討高齡者使用智慧藥盒時不同聲音提醒系統設計對高齡者之提示效果，包含高齡者對智慧藥盒聲音提示的偏好，以及最具有提醒效能的提示聲音。研究採準實驗研究法及完全受試者內設計，讓每一受試者接受所有的實驗，同時以立意取樣法招募80歲以上、具自主能力及有用藥習慣之18位高齡者參與實驗。研究發現，高齡者對智慧藥盒提示聲音的偏好排序為語音、單音及樂曲提示，而最具有提醒效能的提示聲音則依序為單音、語音及樂曲提示。本研究建議未來研究者可探討不同提醒系統對高齡者之提示效果，另建議為高齡者設計之系統應可考量本研究結果，做更適用的設計，提升高齡者使用相關產品的滿足程度。

This study examines the effectiveness and preferences of notification sounds designed for a smart pill box on elderly users. The users’ preferences and responses to different notification sounds were collected and analyzed using a quasi-experimental, within-subject design. 18 elderly users aged 80 to 96 participated in the experiment through purposive sampling. Results showed that the most effective notification sound were monophonic tone prompts, followed by recorded oral prompts, and lastly, melodic prompts. However, the most preferred notification sounds were the recorded oral prompts, followed by the monophonic, then the melodic. These findings help inform the acceptability and receptivity considerations of gerontechnological design regarding future information systems and products. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.