Consumers’ disease information–seeking behaviour on the Internet in Korea

Yun, Eun Kyoung; Park, Hyeoun-Ae

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03187.x

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“…Wong et al [36] also indicated that PEOU is positively correlated with behavioral intention to use the Internet for health-related Information. Yun and Park [37] explored that attitude towards using the Internet for pursuing disease information had a positive influence on the intention to use this technology for pursuing disease information. Thus, the following hypotheses were generated:…”

Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling the adoption of personal health record (PHR) among individual: the effect of health-care technology self-efficacy and gender concern

Dutta

Peng

Sun

2018

Libyan Journal of Medicine

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Background: With the development of information technology (IT) and medical technology, medical information has been developed from traditional paper-based records into up-to-date medical information exchange system called personal health record (PHR). Empowering PHR provides health awareness and intention for health promotion.Objective: The purpose of this study was to present a research framework to examine individuals’ intention to PHR use.Methods: This cross-sectional study used the questionnaire to collect data from the individual in Taiwan. Individual’s intention to use PHR has been examined by a framework based on extended technology acceptance model (TAM), with gender and health-care technology self-efficacy (HTSE) as external variables. Additionally, gender differences were explored in perceptions and relationships among factors influencing an individual’s intention to PHR use. The research framework was evaluated by structural equation modeling (SEM) and represented by Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS).Results: A total of 234 valid responses were used for analysis. The results suggest that the extended TAM model explains 40.6% of the variance of intention to PHR use (R2 = 0.406). The findings also supported that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude toward using PHR significantly influenced individual’s intention to PHR use. Additionally, results also indicated that women were more strongly influenced by perceptions of HTSE.Conclusions: The extended TAM model contributes reasonable explanation for interprets and anticipates of individuals’ intention to use and adopt PHR. Moreover, the results have provided support for HTSE and gender as significant variables in TAM. However, the study identified three relevant factors directly and one factor indirectly influencing on individuals’ intention to PHR use. Thus, health care providers and hospital authorities must take these factors and gender difference into consideration in the development and validation of the theories regarding the acceptance of PHR. Based on the findings, the theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling the adoption of personal health record (PHR) among individual: the effect of health-care technology self-efficacy and gender concern

Dutta

Peng

Sun

2018

Libyan Journal of Medicine

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“…Consumers in the South Korean health care market have a strong interest in health care information [6,7]. It has been shown that patient dissatisfaction with health care is often due to lack of sufficient information about the treatments provided by health care providers [8].…”

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Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs: Consumers’ attitudes and preferences concerning its regulation in South Korea

Suh¹,

Lee²,

Kim³

et al. 2011

Health Policy

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“…Second, Internet information use efficacy (IIFUE) was measured through four newly developed items, depending on Yun and Park's scale [20]. Examples of the items are: 1) I know the existence of usable information of diet and exercise on the web; and 2) I know how to search for diet/exercise information through the Internet in order to find answers to my questions about diet/exercise.…”

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“…First, based on the scale of measuring Internet health information use efficacy, proposed by Yun and Park [20] this study newly developed nine items to measure smartphone use efficacy (SPUE). Two examples of the items are: 1) I know how to use smartphones in effective ways; and 2) I believe that I can use smartphones well.…”

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Factors of Leading the Adoption of Diet/Exercise Apps on Smartphones: Application of Channel Expansion Theory

Cho¹

2015

Journal of Internet Computing and Services

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This study paid attention to the notable increase of the use of diet/exercise apps on smartphones. Based on channel expansion theory and technology acceptance model (TAM), this study investigated how three predictors-Internet information use efficacy, Internet information credibility, smartphone use efficacy-affected one's attitude toward and intention to use diet/exercise apps. Results from a path analysis indicated that Internet information use efficacy and smartphone use efficacy positively predict the perceived ease of use of diet/exercise apps. Internet information credibility positively predicts the perceived usefulness of such apps. Moreover, there were gender differences in the effects of both Internet information use efficacy and Internet information credibility on the perceived usefulness of diet/exercise apps.

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Consumers’ disease information–seeking behaviour on the Internet in Korea

Abstract: These findings may be used to help nurses to predict and identify the factors affecting individual's use of disease information on the Internet. Based on this knowledge, nurses will be able to develop nursing intervention programmes for the patients' health management.

Cited by 72 publications

References 36 publications

Modeling the adoption of personal health record (PHR) among individual: the effect of health-care technology self-efficacy and gender concern

Modeling the adoption of personal health record (PHR) among individual: the effect of health-care technology self-efficacy and gender concern

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs: Consumers’ attitudes and preferences concerning its regulation in South Korea

Factors of Leading the Adoption of Diet/Exercise Apps on Smartphones: Application of Channel Expansion Theory

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