Smart Rollator User Requirements from Focus Groups with 30 Participants

A qualitative study from figshare explores user-centered requirements for smart rollators. The dataset contains results from five focus groups with 30 participants, including 15 rollator users and 15 healthcare professionals, conducted as part of a design-based research project. The data was authored by Patrick Schwaiger and last updated on April 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify key user requirements for smart rollator development based on focus group themes like daily use and sensor-based systems.
• Analyze barriers to technology adoption in older adults based on described factors like technological scepticism and digital literacy.
• Evaluate desired features for assistive devices based on participant-requested functions like navigation, fall detection, and emergency calls.
• Inform participatory design frameworks for healthcare technologies based on the study's conclusion about early user involvement.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a structured qualitative study involving 30 participants across five focus groups.
• Analysis was conducted independently by two researchers using a content-structuring approach.
• The dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 41.7 KB, indicating limited scope, likely containing summary or coded qualitative results.
• Geographic scope of the participant sample is not specified, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews from five focus groups.

Time Range

The study was conducted in two phases, but specific dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 05:19:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage of the participant sample is not specified.