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An exploratory study of ageing women's perception on access to health informatics via a mobile phone-based intervention
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Xue, L and Yen, CC and Chang, L and Chan, HC and Tai, BC and Tan, SB and Duh, B and Choolani, M, An exploratory study of ageing women's perception on access to health informatics via a mobile phone-based intervention, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 81 pp. 637-648. ISSN 1386-5056 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.04.008
Abstract
Objective: This is an exploratory study examining the perceived attitudes and readiness of
women aged 50 years or older on adopting a mobile phone-based intervention named as
Infohealth in Singapore.
Method: Infohealth is designed as a health informatics to tailor personalized healthcare
advice for the well-being for women – very little is known about the acceptability level of selfcare
technology, especially the older among the female population. To explore participants’
perceptions and acceptance, a telephone survey was developed from concepts identified
from various user acceptance theories and models. Correlation was used to identify significant
dependent variables while partial least square and boot-strapping procedures were
used to estimate the significance of the path coefficients.
Results: Analysis supports the validity and reliability of the 27-item research model consisting
of 8 constructs. 700 women aged 50 years and older responded to the survey. Findings
show the extent of ageing women’s existing dependency on others for help, regard for close
ones whom they care for, opinion from family and friends, and guarding the health of people
who are important for them do not directly affect the intention of using Infohealth, but
are rather mediated by perceived usefulness. This study validated some ageing-specific and
female-posited variables to suggest as main constructs in future innovation adoption studies
about older women. Technological anxiety and perceived physical condition both have
no direct relationship with perceived ease of use and usefulness, lifestyle and intention to
use.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Health informatics Mobile phone Acceptance Ageing women |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Information Systems |
| Research Field: | Computer-Human Interaction |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Computer Software and Services |
| Objective Field: | Application Tools and System Utilities |
| UTAS Author: | Duh, B (Professor Henry Duh) |
| ID Code: | 89979 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 44 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-12-08 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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