作者
Xitong Guo, Xiaocui Han, Xiaofei Zhang, Yuanyuan Dang, Chun Chen
发表日期
2015/8/1
期刊
Telemedicine and e-Health
卷号
21
期号
8
页码范围
661-669
出版商
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
简介
Background: Mobile health (m-health) services are becoming increasingly important and widely accepted. However, empirical studies on potential users' m-health acceptance behavior remain underexplored. Indeed, m-health adoption is not only a technology acceptance behavior, but also a health-related behavior. Materials and Methods: Based on the Protection Motivation Theory, this article explores users' m-health adoption behavior from the perspectives of threat appraisal and coping appraisal, and also examines the moderating role of gender and age through a survey of potential users. The survey was conducted among 500 potential m-health service participants. Results: Our results show that threat appraisal and coping appraisal factors influence adoption intention through attitude. It is also found that gender and age play different moderating roles with threat appraisal and coping appraisal factors …
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