Acceptance of digital health services among older adults: Findings on perceived usefulness, self-efficacy, privacy concerns, ICT knowledge, and support seeking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade, the rapid advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have also driven the development of digital health services and applications. Older adults could particularly benefit from these technologies, but they still have less access to the Internet and less competence in using it. Based on the empirical literature on technology acceptance among older adults, this study examines the relations of perceived usefulness, self-efficacy, privacy concerns, ICT knowledge, and support seeking (family, informal, formal/institutional) with older adults' intention to adopt new digital health services.

Methods

The study included 478 older adults who participated in an online or paper/pencil questionnaire (M = 70.1 years, SD = 7.8;

SUBMITTER: Jokisch MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792847 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature