What Factors Affect a User's Intention to Use Fitness Applications? The Moderating Effect of Health Status: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fitness applications are becoming a tool for users who want to exercise and diet. This study examines what factors affect users' intention to use fitness applications and how they depend on users' health status.

Methods

An online survey was conducted on 428 potential fitness application users from South Korea. For this study, the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) was applied, and structural equation models were used for the data analysis.

Results

The results showed that for potential fitness application users, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, and perceived privacy protection were significant variables; however, social influence was insignificant. Factors influencing users' intention to use fitn

SUBMITTER: Kim B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118403 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature