Influence Mechanism of the Affordances of Chronic Disease Management Apps on Continuance Intention: Questionnaire Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health apps are becoming increasingly popular, and they provide opportunities for effective health management. Existing chronic disease management (CDM) apps cannot meet users' practical and urgent needs, and user adhesion is poor. Few studies, however, have investigated the factors that influence the continuance intention of CDM app users.

Objective

Starting from the affordances of CDM apps, this study aimed to analyze how such apps can influence continuance intention through the role of health empowerment.

Methods

Adopting a stimulus-organism-response framework, an antecedent model was established for continuance intention from the perspective of perceived affordances, uses and gratifications theory, and health empowerment. Perceived affordances we

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature