Department of Clinical Laboratory, Associated Hospital, Beihua University, Jilin, China.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Associated Hospital, Beihua University, Jilin, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Jul 26;19(7):e0305944. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305944. eCollection 2024.
Wearable devices hold promising prospects on a global scale, including in China. Thyroid cancer prevalence is notably high in China.This purpose of this researchwas to provide an updated theoretical model for assessing Chinese thyroid cancer patients' intentions towards wearable devices, based on the UTAUT2 framework, and to ascertain the factors that have an impact on these intents. A cross-sectional study with an institutional focus wasconducted from January 20, 2023, to June 30, 2023, at several general hospitals in China. Five hundred participants were recruited to identify predictors of wearable device use.The questionnaire survey about patients' intentionswas collected using a face-to-face method, employing a random sampling technique for patient selection. Four hundred sixty-nine individuals (93.8%) had the intention to use wearable devices. The intentions were highly impacted by performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), hedonic motivation (HM), price value (PV) and habit (HA). Usage intention (UI)was a statistically predictor of Usage behavior (UB). The facilitating condition(FC) was not significant. Gender positively moderated the relationship between EE and UI. Income positively moderated the relationship between all variables and UI.Overall, the utilization of wearable devices among patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer has demonstrated considerable potential. This study offers a series of suggestions for digital health developers,healthcare decision-makers,doctors and patients.
可穿戴设备在全球范围内具有广阔的应用前景，中国也不例外。中国的甲状腺癌发病率显著较高。本研究旨在基于 UTAUT2 框架，为评估中国甲状腺癌患者对可穿戴设备使用意愿提供一个更新的理论模型，并确定影响这些意愿的因素。本研究为一项 2023 年 1 月 20 日至 6 月 30 日在中国多家综合医院进行的基于机构的横断面研究。共招募了 500 名参与者以确定可穿戴设备使用的预测因素。采用面对面的方法收集了关于患者意愿的问卷调查，采用随机抽样技术选择患者。469 人（93.8%）有使用可穿戴设备的意愿。绩效期望（PE）、努力期望（EE）、社会影响（SI）、享乐动机（HM）、价格价值（PV）和习惯（HA）对意图有很大的影响。使用意图（UI）是使用行为（UB）的一个统计学预测因子。促成条件（FC）不显著。性别对 EE 和 UI 之间的关系具有积极的调节作用。收入对所有变量与 UI 之间的关系具有积极的调节作用。总的来说，甲状腺癌患者对可穿戴设备的使用具有相当大的潜力。本研究为数字健康开发者、医疗保健决策者、医生和患者提供了一系列建议。
