Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Jun 3, 2023
Open Peer Review Period: Jun 3, 2023 - Jul 29, 2023
Date Accepted: Nov 28, 2024
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Social acceptance of smart glasses in healthcare: new model evaluation of anticipated adoption and social interaction
ABSTRACT
Background:
Despite the growing interest in smart glasses, it is striking that they are not widespread. Previous research regularly points to problems that arise in social interaction.
Objective:
Assuming that smart glasses mediate the contact between the healthcare provider and patient, the objectives of this research are twofold: 1) to develop an instrument that combines the adoption and mediation perspectives, and 2) to gain insight into how the intention to use is influenced through aspects of adoption and social interaction.
Methods:
A questionnaire was administered to respondents in the healthcare sector (n = 450). Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling.
Results:
The results show that constructs focused on social interaction contribute to better explaining and predicting the expected adoption of smart glasses in healthcare.
Conclusions:
The empirical findings of this study provide new insights into how the mediation perspective can increase the explained variance compared to the existing knowledge about adoption. It was also concluded that, despite the social issues raised earlier in the literature, these social aspects do play an important role for healthcare professionals, but are ultimately not decisive for the intention to use. As a result, there are fewer threats to healthcare implementation than might be expected based on previous literature.
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