Previously submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research (no longer under consideration since Dec 30, 2021)
Date Submitted: Sep 18, 2021
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A Person-Technology-Health Framework for Understanding the Antecedents of the Routine Use of Mobile Health Services
ABSTRACT
Background:
Although mobile health (mHealth) services have been proven to bring numerous benefits to users, the achievement of these potential benefits depends to a great extent upon users’ routine use. Previous studies on mHealth services indicate that the antecedents of the routine use remain largely unexplored.
Objective:
The purpose of this study is to propose a person-technology-health framework which underlines how personal factors (e.g., personal innovativeness in IT), technological factors (e.g., trust), and health factors (e.g., perceived health severity) jointly influence routine use intention regarding mHealth services.
Methods:
The proposed research model and related hypotheses were tested based on survey data comprising 270 respondents.
Results:
The results indicate that personal innovativeness in IT, trust, and perceived health severity are of importance for enhancing routine use intention of mHealth services. Specifically, in situations of high perceived health severity, trust relates less positively to routine use intention than personal innovativeness in IT. In contrast, in situations of low perceived health severity, trust relates more positively to routine use intention than personal innovativeness in IT. All factors collectively explain 44.2% variance in routine use intentions of mHealth services.
Conclusions:
This study is one of the first to propose a person-technology-health framework by investigating combined effects of personal innovativeness in IT, trust, and perceived health severity on routine use of mHealth services. In addition, this integrative PTH framework provides insights into other contexts of health-related IT adoption and usage and thus may be valuable in future studies.
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