Yuan Shupei, Ma Wenjuan, Kanthawala Shaheen, Peng Wei
College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Telemed J E Health. 2015 Sep;21(9):735-41. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0148. Epub 2015 Apr 28.
Health and fitness applications (apps) are one of the major app categories in the current mobile app market. Few studies have examined this area from the users' perspective. This study adopted the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) Model to examine the predictors of the users' intention to adopt health and fitness apps.
A survey (n=317) was conducted with college-aged smartphone users at a Midwestern university in the United States.
Performance expectancy, hedonic motivations, price value, and habit were significant predictors of users' intention of continued usage of health and fitness apps. However, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions were not found to predict users' intention of continued usage of health and fitness apps.
This study extends the UTATU2 Model to the mobile apps domain and provides health professions, app designers, and marketers with the insights of user experience in terms of continuously using health and fitness apps.
健康与健身应用程序（应用）是当前移动应用市场中的主要应用类别之一。很少有研究从用户角度审视这一领域。本研究采用技术接受与使用扩展统一理论（UTAUT2）模型来检验用户采用健康与健身应用的意图的预测因素。
对美国中西部一所大学的大学生智能手机用户进行了一项调查（n = 317）。
绩效期望、享乐动机、价格价值和习惯是用户持续使用健康与健身应用意图的显著预测因素。然而，努力期望、社会影响和便利条件并未被发现可预测用户持续使用健康与健身应用的意图。
本研究将UTATU2模型扩展至移动应用领域，并为健康专业人员、应用设计师和营销人员提供了关于持续使用健康与健身应用的用户体验见解。
