Chau, KY, Lam, MHS, Cheung, ML et al. (5 more authors) (2019) Smart technology for healthcare: Exploring the antecedents of adoption intention of healthcare wearable technology. Health Psychology Research, 7 (1). 8099. ISSN 2420-8124
Abstract
Technological advancement and personalized health information has led to an increase in people using and responding to wearable technology in the last decade. These changes are often perceived to be beneficial, providing greater information and insights about health for users, organizations and healthcare and government. However, to date, understanding the antecedents of its adoption is limited. Seeking to address this gap, this cross-sectional study examined what factors influence users’ adoption intention of healthcare wearable technology. We used self-administrated online survey to explore adoption intentions of healthcare wearable devices in 171 adults residing in Hong Kong. We analyzed the data by Partial least squares – structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results reveal that perceived convenience and perceived irreplaceability are key predictors of perceived usefulness, which in turn strengthens users’ adoption intention. Additionally, the results also reveal that health belief is one of the key predictors of adoption intention. This paper contributes to the extant literature by providing understanding of how to strengthen users’ intention to adopt healthcare wearable technology. This includes the strengthening of perceived convenience and perceived irreplaceability to enhance the perceived usefulness, incorporating the extensive communication in the area of healthcare messages, which is useful in strengthening consumers’ adoption intention in healthcare wearable technology.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Licensee PAGEPress, Italy. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Healthcare wearable technology; Adoption intention; technical attributes; perceived; Hong Kong |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2020 11:38 |
Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2020 11:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | PAGEPress |
Identification Number: | 10.4081/hpr.2019.8099 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157163 |