Title: Cognitive style and medical computerised support system use

Authors: Hsi-Peng Lu, David H. Gustafson

Addresses: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. ' University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Abstract: Interactive computerised support systems (CSS) providing confidential, convenient and logical aids might be useful for crisis people (e.g. AIDS/HIV+) who are isolated from services for geographic, economic, emotional or social reasons. Such interactive systems are usually designed for voluntary and repeated use, and the individual|s cognitive styles may be crucial to the success of the system design. This paper first introduces a theoretical framework of cognitive styles and repeated CSS use, then a medical CSS for HIV+/AIDS, and finally an empirical study on the relationships between individual cognitive styles and voluntary computer use over time is discussed.

Keywords: medical computerised support systems; AIDS/HIV+; crisis people; cognitive styles; repeated system use; system design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.1999.004530

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 1999 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.317 - 327

Published online: 21 May 2004 *

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