Abstract
This paper describes the development of a new, easy-to-use tool which we named KIREUM (Karolinska Institutet Rapid Ease of Use Mapping of technology). It was created with the intention of providing a rapid measurement that could a/ assist health care professionals make decisions on what technological artefact or service would be easiest for an (older) adult with or without cognitive impairment to use, and b/ provide guidance to designers regarding ease of use when designing technology for all, keeping the activity where the artefact or system is intended to be used in mind. The development procedure started with the definition of the construct to be measured. Items were defined based on findings from empirical studies of what makes technologies harder or easier to use. The tool has been revised based on feedback from three expert panels. The current version consists of 13 items measuring ease of use of technological artefact or services.
This paper was accepted as a short paper at the 8th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT 2016), 2016 Mar 21-23.