Division of Business and Management, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhu Hai 519000, China.
Faculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau, Macau, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jun 26;16(13):2257. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132257.
With the advancement of information technology, wearable healthcare technology has emerged as one of the promising technologies to improve the wellbeing of individuals. However, the adoption of wearable healthcare technology has lagged when compared to other well-established durable technology products, such as smartphones and tablets, because of the inadequate knowledge of the antecedents of adoption intention. The aim of this paper is to address an identified gap in the literature by empirically testing a theoretical model for examining the impact of consumers' health beliefs, health information accuracy, and the privacy protection of wearable healthcare technology on perceived usefulness. Importantly, this study also examines the influences of perceived usefulness, consumer innovativeness, and reference group influence on the adoption intention of wearable healthcare technology. The model seeks to enhance understanding of the influential factors in adopting wearable healthcare technology. Finally, suggestions for future research for the empirical investigation of the model are provided.
随着信息技术的进步，可穿戴医疗技术作为提高个人健康水平的有前途的技术之一而出现。然而，与其他成熟的耐用技术产品（如智能手机和平板电脑）相比，可穿戴医疗技术的采用率滞后，因为人们对采用意图的前因知之甚少。本文的目的是通过实证检验一个理论模型来解决文献中的一个明显差距，该模型用于研究消费者健康信念、健康信息准确性和可穿戴医疗技术的隐私保护对感知有用性的影响。重要的是，本研究还考察了感知有用性、消费者创新性和参照群体对可穿戴医疗技术采用意图的影响。该模型旨在增进对采用可穿戴医疗技术的影响因素的理解。最后，提供了对模型进行实证研究的未来研究建议。
