Adoption of mobile health services using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model: Self-efficacy and privacy concerns.

ABSTRACT: Mobile health (mHealth) services have been widely used in medical services and health management through mobile devices and multiple channels, such as smartphones, wearable equipment, healthcare applications (Apps), and medical platforms. However, the number of the users who are currently receiving the mHealth services is small. In China, more than 70% of internet users have never used mHealth services. Such imbalanced situation could be attributed to users' traditional concept of medical treatment, psychological factors (such as low self-efficacy) and privacy concerns. The purpose of this study is to explore the direct and indirect effects of mHealth users' self-efficacy and privacy concerns on their intention to adopt mHealth services, providing guidelines for mHealth service providers t

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403893 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature