An investigation into the use of smart home devices, user preferences, and impact during COVID-19.

Moojan Ghafurian, Colin Ellard, Kerstin Dautenhahn

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Article in Computers in human behavior reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

Examining Canadian Smart Home Technology Users' Perceptions of Privacy, Risks, Safety, and Data Collection Purposes: Cross-Sectional National Survey.JMIR formative research · 2026
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Moojan GhafurianDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Colin EllardDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Kerstin DautenhahnDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

University of Waterloo · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the goal of designing smart environments that can support users' physical/mental well-being, we studied users' experiences and different factors that can influence success of smart home devices through an online study conducted during and after the COVID-19 restrictions in June 2021 (109 participants) and March 2022 (81 participants). We investigated what motivates users to buy smart home devices, and if smart home devices may have the potential to improve different aspects of users' well-being. As COVID-19 emphasized a situation where people spent a significant amount of time at home in Canada, we also asked if/how COVID-19 motivated purchase of smart-home devices and how these devices affected participants during the pandemic. Our results provide insights into different aspects that may motivate the purchase of smart home devices and users' concerns. The results also suggest that there may be correlations between the use of specific types of devices and psychological well-being.

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COVID-19Mental well-beingSmart devicesSmart homeUser concerns

Identifiers

PMID37360307

DOI10.1016/j.chbr.2023.100300

PMCPMC10241656

OpenAlexW4379534536

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