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KMID : 0926620210260040012
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2021 Volume.26 No. 4 p.12 ~ p.28
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Mobile Health Applications Adoption for the Management of Smartphone Overdependence
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Rho Mi-Jung
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Abstract
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Purposes: The convenience of smartphones have lead to people?s overdependence on devices, which may cause obstacles in daily life. It is useful to manage smartphone overdependence by using mobile health applications. We aimed to investigate the acceptance of mobile health applications designed to help in the management of smartphone overdependence.
Methodology/Approach: We developed the extended model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2. The modified model had six hypotheses with six variables: result demonstrability, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, perceived risk, and behavioral intention to use. We randomly included 425 smartphone users in an online survey in 2020. A structural equation model was used to estimate the significance of the path coefficients.
Findings: Performance expectancy and social influence had a very strong direct positive association with behavioral intention to use. Result demonstrability had a direct positive association with performance expectancy. Perceived risk had a strong direct negative association with performance expectancy. Performance expectancy and social influence were the main factors directly influencing the acceptance of mobile health applications for the management of smartphone overdependence.
Practical Implications: We demonstrated smartphone users? acceptance of mobile health applications for smartphone overdependence management. Based on these results, we could develop mobile health applications more effectively.
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KEYWORD
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Smartphone Overdependence, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2), Technology Acceptance Model, Mobile Health Applications
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