Vesna Dolničar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4265520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vesna Dolničar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vesna |
| FAMILY NAME | Dolničar |
| SIGNATURE | DOLNIČAR V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5414-0496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pre-use acceptability of telemedicine among nursing students
BACKGROUND: The healthcare sector has undergone digital transformation through telemedicine which serves as a strategic and efficient solution to address key health challenges. Nevertheless, little is known about how nursing students perceive and accept telemedicine, which is essential for its future implementation. This study examined how perceived ease of use, extended constructs of perceived usefulness, self-rated knowledge, and technology anx…
Extending the technology acceptance model
Background: With growing emphasis on technology-enabled care in long-term care (LTC), telecare services offer potential to enhance independence and quality of life for older adults, yet research to date has not comprehensively considered the wide range of factors that influence their acceptance. Approach: This study addresses the gap by extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with factors, such as living arrangement, eligibility for LTC (…
Exploring Acceptance Factors for Welfare Technology among Nurses in Non‐Clinical Care for Older Adults
Welfare technologies are becoming a necessity for health and long‐term care, but little is known about their acceptance by nurses working with older adults in institutional, home, or community setting. The aim of this five‐stage scoping review was to address this knowledge gap by identifying factors influencing nurses’ acceptance of welfare technologies, both before and after using them. A search of seven bibliographic databases and grey literatu…
Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden
The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of older family members during COVID-19, and to investigate how a caregiving situation's characteristics predict the subjective burden of care in times of COVID-19. The study was conducted in April and May…
Benefits of a Wearable Activity Tracker with Safety Features for Older Adults
Accidental falls and physical inactivity are important age-related issues for which smart technologies have demonstrated potential utility. This research aimed to explore the benefits of combining wearable activity monitors and telecare for older adults. A four-month interventional study was conducted between June 2021 and February 2022 in Slovenia. A purposive sample of 22 dyads of older adults aged 60 years and over and their relatives or famil…
The psychosocial impacts of e-care technology use for long-term care recipients and informal carers
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Factors influencing informal carers' acceptance of assistive telecare systems in the pre‐ and post‐implementation phase
Assistive telecare systems (ATSs) have great potential to be beneficial for informal carers (ICs) providing long-term care to older people (OP). However, little is known about ATS acceptance among ICs. This scoping study aims to investigate various factors that influence the ICs' acceptance of ATSs over time in the pre- and post-implementation phases. A five-stage scoping study was conducted. A systematic search of five bibliographic databases (S…
A decade of proxy internet use
Internet nonuse persists among the most excluded groups of people, particularly among aging and low-educated populations. Proxy internet use (PIU), where nonusers ask internet users to do things online for them, helps nonusers mitigate their exclusion from the digital realm. This study examines the changing factors that shape PIU activation. Specifically, it focuses on the changing role of socio-demographics and family support in internet nonuser…
Measuring internet skills in a general population
This study assessed the construct and criterion validity of the short version of the Internet Skills Scale and examined whether its four dimensions–Operational, Information Navigation, Social, and Creative skills–are influenced by a higher-order dimension of general internet skills as one second-order factor. In 2018, a face-to-face survey comprising of the 20-item Internet Skills Scale and 22 other items related to digital inclusion was conducte…
Predictors of Seniors’ Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones
Assistive applications (apps) on smartphones could contribute to a better quality of life for seniors living independently at home. At present, there is a lack of empirical evidence of seniors' acceptance of such apps. The Cycle of Technology Acquirement by Independent-Living Seniors (C-TAILS) model was recently proposed for studying the interplay between acceptance factors by integrating the personal, social and technological domains of seniors'…
Psychological outcomes of eCare technologies on informal carers of older people
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Intergenerational solidarity and ICT usage
This chapter suggests that recent advancements in the use of information and communications technologies and the life course perspective can clarify these seemingly contradictory developments. Bengtson and Roberts presented the intergenerational solidarity model in the early 1990s. The model consists of six solidarity types, each representing a dialectic dimension. Associational solidarity refers to the frequency and patterns of interaction conne…
Landline and mobile phone communication in social companionship networks of older adults
Exploring and Conceptualizing Empowerment
Even though the issue of empowerment has been widely discussed in debates across various research fields, public policy forums, and media, it is an ambiguous concept. This special issue focuses on empowerment and new media. The articles in this special issue, which advance innovative theoretical and methodological frameworks, focus on the theoretical grounding of the notion of empowerment; empirical research on structures and processes that shape…
Measuring the Dynamics of Information Societies
Accurate insight into the emergence of information societies is essential not only for understanding the social effects of information and communication technologies, but also for empowering stakeholders to promptly and appropriately respond to the challenges they encounter. One much-discussed challenge that is particularly in need of analytical clarity is the digital divide, which is difficult to empirically elaborate, given its complicated natu…
Interpreting the Dynamics of Social Indicators
Sense of Community and the Importance of Values
Sense of community is analyzed in two very different types of neighborhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia: a large housing estate and a middle-class neighborhood of individual houses. The main research question posed is which individual characteristics are associated with sense of community in the two neighborhoods. A specific addition to current knowledge involves the inclusion of values as important characteristics associated with sense of community. …
Methodological Challenges of Digital Divide Measurements
The term “digital divide” has been used for almost a decade and typically relates to sociodemographic differences in the use of information and communication technology. However, the corresponding measurement is still relatively imprecise. Very often it is simply reduced to comparisons of Internet penetration rates. This article extends the measurements above the usual bivariate comparisons. Within this context, three essential approaches are pre…
Methodological Challenges of Digital Divide Measurements
The term “digital divide” has been used for almost a decade and typically relates to sociodemographic differences in the use of information and communication technology. However, the corresponding measurement is still relatively imprecise. Very often it is simply reduced to comparisons of Internet penetration rates. This article extends the measurements above the usual bivariate comparisons. Within this context, three essential approaches are pre…
Sense of Community and the Importance of Values
Sense of community is analyzed in two very different types of neighborhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia: a large housing estate and a middle-class neighborhood of individual houses. The main research question posed is which individual characteristics are associated with sense of community in the two neighborhoods. A specific addition to current knowledge involves the inclusion of values as important characteristics associated with sense of community. …
Exploring and Conceptualizing Empowerment
Even though the issue of empowerment has been widely discussed in debates across various research fields, public policy forums, and media, it is an ambiguous concept. This special issue focuses on empowerment and new media. The articles in this special issue, which advance innovative theoretical and methodological frameworks, focus on the theoretical grounding of the notion of empowerment; empirical research on structures and processes that shape…
Measuring the Dynamics of Information Societies
Accurate insight into the emergence of information societies is essential not only for understanding the social effects of information and communication technologies, but also for empowering stakeholders to promptly and appropriately respond to the challenges they encounter. One much-discussed challenge that is particularly in need of analytical clarity is the digital divide, which is difficult to empirically elaborate, given its complicated natu…
Interpreting the Dynamics of Social Indicators
Factors influencing informal carers' acceptance of assistive telecare systems in the pre‐ and post‐implementation phase
Assistive telecare systems (ATSs) have great potential to be beneficial for informal carers (ICs) providing long-term care to older people (OP). However, little is known about ATS acceptance among ICs. This scoping study aims to investigate various factors that influence the ICs' acceptance of ATSs over time in the pre- and post-implementation phases. A five-stage scoping study was conducted. A systematic search of five bibliographic databases (S…
A decade of proxy internet use
Internet nonuse persists among the most excluded groups of people, particularly among aging and low-educated populations. Proxy internet use (PIU), where nonusers ask internet users to do things online for them, helps nonusers mitigate their exclusion from the digital realm. This study examines the changing factors that shape PIU activation. Specifically, it focuses on the changing role of socio-demographics and family support in internet nonuser…
Measuring internet skills in a general population
This study assessed the construct and criterion validity of the short version of the Internet Skills Scale and examined whether its four dimensions–Operational, Information Navigation, Social, and Creative skills–are influenced by a higher-order dimension of general internet skills as one second-order factor. In 2018, a face-to-face survey comprising of the 20-item Internet Skills Scale and 22 other items related to digital inclusion was conducte…
Landline and mobile phone communication in social companionship networks of older adults
Methodological Challenges of Digital Divide Measurements
The term “digital divide” has been used for almost a decade and typically relates to sociodemographic differences in the use of information and communication technology. However, the corresponding measurement is still relatively imprecise. Very often it is simply reduced to comparisons of Internet penetration rates. This article extends the measurements above the usual bivariate comparisons. Within this context, three essential approaches are pre…
Sense of Community and the Importance of Values
Sense of community is analyzed in two very different types of neighborhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia: a large housing estate and a middle-class neighborhood of individual houses. The main research question posed is which individual characteristics are associated with sense of community in the two neighborhoods. A specific addition to current knowledge involves the inclusion of values as important characteristics associated with sense of community. …
Exploring and Conceptualizing Empowerment
Even though the issue of empowerment has been widely discussed in debates across various research fields, public policy forums, and media, it is an ambiguous concept. This special issue focuses on empowerment and new media. The articles in this special issue, which advance innovative theoretical and methodological frameworks, focus on the theoretical grounding of the notion of empowerment; empirical research on structures and processes that shape…
Measuring the Dynamics of Information Societies
Accurate insight into the emergence of information societies is essential not only for understanding the social effects of information and communication technologies, but also for empowering stakeholders to promptly and appropriately respond to the challenges they encounter. One much-discussed challenge that is particularly in need of analytical clarity is the digital divide, which is difficult to empirically elaborate, given its complicated natu…
Interpreting the Dynamics of Social Indicators
Landline and mobile phone communication in social companionship networks of older adults
Intergenerational solidarity and ICT usage
This chapter suggests that recent advancements in the use of information and communications technologies and the life course perspective can clarify these seemingly contradictory developments. Bengtson and Roberts presented the intergenerational solidarity model in the early 1990s. The model consists of six solidarity types, each representing a dialectic dimension. Associational solidarity refers to the frequency and patterns of interaction conne…
Psychological outcomes of eCare technologies on informal carers of older people
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Predictors of Seniors’ Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones
Assistive applications (apps) on smartphones could contribute to a better quality of life for seniors living independently at home. At present, there is a lack of empirical evidence of seniors' acceptance of such apps. The Cycle of Technology Acquirement by Independent-Living Seniors (C-TAILS) model was recently proposed for studying the interplay between acceptance factors by integrating the personal, social and technological domains of seniors'…
Measuring internet skills in a general population
This study assessed the construct and criterion validity of the short version of the Internet Skills Scale and examined whether its four dimensions–Operational, Information Navigation, Social, and Creative skills–are influenced by a higher-order dimension of general internet skills as one second-order factor. In 2018, a face-to-face survey comprising of the 20-item Internet Skills Scale and 22 other items related to digital inclusion was conducte…
Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden
The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of older family members during COVID-19, and to investigate how a caregiving situation's characteristics predict the subjective burden of care in times of COVID-19. The study was conducted in April and May…
Benefits of a Wearable Activity Tracker with Safety Features for Older Adults
Accidental falls and physical inactivity are important age-related issues for which smart technologies have demonstrated potential utility. This research aimed to explore the benefits of combining wearable activity monitors and telecare for older adults. A four-month interventional study was conducted between June 2021 and February 2022 in Slovenia. A purposive sample of 22 dyads of older adults aged 60 years and over and their relatives or famil…
The psychosocial impacts of e-care technology use for long-term care recipients and informal carers
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Factors influencing informal carers' acceptance of assistive telecare systems in the pre‐ and post‐implementation phase
Assistive telecare systems (ATSs) have great potential to be beneficial for informal carers (ICs) providing long-term care to older people (OP). However, little is known about ATS acceptance among ICs. This scoping study aims to investigate various factors that influence the ICs' acceptance of ATSs over time in the pre- and post-implementation phases. A five-stage scoping study was conducted. A systematic search of five bibliographic databases (S…
A decade of proxy internet use
Internet nonuse persists among the most excluded groups of people, particularly among aging and low-educated populations. Proxy internet use (PIU), where nonusers ask internet users to do things online for them, helps nonusers mitigate their exclusion from the digital realm. This study examines the changing factors that shape PIU activation. Specifically, it focuses on the changing role of socio-demographics and family support in internet nonuser…
Exploring Acceptance Factors for Welfare Technology among Nurses in Non‐Clinical Care for Older Adults
Welfare technologies are becoming a necessity for health and long‐term care, but little is known about their acceptance by nurses working with older adults in institutional, home, or community setting. The aim of this five‐stage scoping review was to address this knowledge gap by identifying factors influencing nurses’ acceptance of welfare technologies, both before and after using them. A search of seven bibliographic databases and grey literatu…
Pre-use acceptability of telemedicine among nursing students
BACKGROUND: The healthcare sector has undergone digital transformation through telemedicine which serves as a strategic and efficient solution to address key health challenges. Nevertheless, little is known about how nursing students perceive and accept telemedicine, which is essential for its future implementation. This study examined how perceived ease of use, extended constructs of perceived usefulness, self-rated knowledge, and technology anx…
Extending the technology acceptance model
Background: With growing emphasis on technology-enabled care in long-term care (LTC), telecare services offer potential to enhance independence and quality of life for older adults, yet research to date has not comprehensively considered the wide range of factors that influence their acceptance. Approach: This study addresses the gap by extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with factors, such as living arrangement, eligibility for LTC (…
Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Technology Use by Older Adults (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works)