Technology Perspectives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Mapped onto the FITT Framework

Snezna Schmidt; Blooma JOHN; Nathan M D'Cunha; Ramanathan Subramanian; Stephen ISBEL

Technology Perspectives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Mapped onto the FITT Framework

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Incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is increasing, and technology is being explored for early intervention and support. Classic theories of technology adoption predict useful and easy to use solutions will have higher adoption. The Fit Between Individual, Task, and Technology (FITT) model provides an alternate view by considering how well characteristics of users, technology, and tasks are aligned, enabling identified misalignments to be addressed to improve adoption. This article presents findings from two studies investigating opinions of people over 65 with MCI, about technology. First, feedback sourced from a literature review is mapped onto the FITT framework to illustrate that the individual-technology dimension has the least quality fit, with the majority of misalignment related to interaction, user experience, and ease of use issues. This is compared to interim analysis of semi-structured interviews with people over 65 with MCI, and health professionals, to illustrate there is consistency of feedback.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACIS 2025 Proceedings
Editors	Jacqui Blake, Rodney J Clarke, Ghasson Beydoun, Babak Abedin, Dongming Xu, Haned Sarbahosseini, Michael Axelson
Publisher	AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Pages	1-27
Number of pages	27
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2025
Event	Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2025) : The State of the Information Systems Discipline: Challenges and Opportunities - UniSC Moreton Bay, Petrie, Australia Duration: 1 Dec 2025 → 5 Dec 2025 https://acis.aaisnet.org/

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Conference	Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2025)
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Petrie
Period	1/12/25 → 5/12/25
Internet address	https://acis.aaisnet.org/

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Schmidt, S., JOHN, B., D'Cunha, N. M., Subramanian, R., & ISBEL, S. (2025). Technology Perspectives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Mapped onto the FITT Framework. In J. Blake, R. J Clarke, G. Beydoun, B. Abedin, D. Xu, H. Sarbahosseini, & M. Axelson (Eds.), ACIS 2025 Proceedings (pp. 1-27). AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2025/71

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Schmidt, S, JOHN, B , D'Cunha, NM , Subramanian, R & ISBEL, S 2025, Technology Perspectives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Mapped onto the FITT Framework. in J Blake, R J Clarke, G Beydoun, B Abedin, D Xu, H Sarbahosseini & M Axelson (eds), ACIS 2025 Proceedings. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), pp. 1-27, Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2025) , Petrie, Queensland, Australia, 1/12/25. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2025/71>

Technology Perspectives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Mapped onto the FITT Framework. / Schmidt, Snezna; JOHN, Blooma ; D'Cunha, Nathan M et al.
ACIS 2025 Proceedings. ed. / Jacqui Blake; Rodney J Clarke; Ghasson Beydoun; Babak Abedin; Dongming Xu; Haned Sarbahosseini; Michael Axelson. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2025. p. 1-27.

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