TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining consumers’ adoption of wearable healthcare technology
T2 - The role of health attributes
AU - Cheung, Man Lai
AU - Chau, Ka Yin
AU - Sum Lam, Michael Huen
AU - Tse, Gary
AU - Ho, Ka Yan
AU - Flint, Stuart W.
AU - Broom, David R.
AU - Tso, Ejoe Kar Ho
AU - Lee, Ka Yiu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Adoption intention
KW - Consumer innovativeness
KW - Health belief
KW - Health information accuracy
KW - Perceived usefulness
KW - Privacy
KW - Wearable healthcare technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068973420&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16132257
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16132257
M3 - Article
C2 - 31247962
AN - SCOPUS:85068973420
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 13
M1 - 2257
ER -
