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. 2020 Jul 14;8(7):e14795. doi: 10.2196/14795

Table 1.

Adoption of health care technologies.

Adoption theory Adoption of technologya Constructs/factorsb Method Data Location [reference]
TAMc with trust and perceived risks mHealthd Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived risk, performance risk, legal concerns, and trust SEMe 388 patients in large hospitals China [12]
TAM and UTAUTf Medical dashboard system Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions SEM 383 physicians and nurses in a tertiary teaching hospital Korea [14]
TAM and UTAUT Mobile electronic medical record Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, attitude, social influence, facilitating conditions, and behavior intention to use SEM 449 subjects (65 physicians and 385 nurses) in a large tertiary hospital Korea [15]
UTAUT 2 mHealth Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, price value, habit, waiting time, and self-concept Factor analysis and path analysis A total of 3 surveys with 387, 359, and 375 patients who were offered mHealth as an alternative to traditional hospital services United States, Canada, and Bangladesh [16]
Task-technology fit and social contagion theory EHRg Authorization, compatibility, data quality, ease of use, information systems relationship, timeliness, locatability, system reliability, and social contagion SEM Survey with 51 university students with working experience in the health care sector and used EHR systems in the past United States [17]
UTAUT Home health care robots Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, trust, privacy concerns, ethical concerns, and legal concerns SEM and power analysis 108 health care professionals and patients working for home health care agencies United States [18]
Social capital theory, social cognitive theory and TAM Telehealth Perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, system self-efficacy, social participation, institutional trust, and social trust SEM 365 patients who used a telehealth system for at least one month Taiwan [19]
TPBh mHealth service Perceived value, attitude, perceived behavior control, subjective norm, perceived physical condition, resistance to change, technology anxiety, and self-actualization need SEM 424 middle-aged and older people accessing community service centers China [20]
UTAUT HITi Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and provincial areas SEM 400 health care professionals working in hospital Thailand [21]
No specific theory mHealth usage intention, assimilation, and channel preferences Individual difference, health care availability and health care utilization, and socioeconomic status and demographics Hierarchical ordinary least squares 1132 consumers United States [22]
Decomposed TPB and value-attitude-behavior MEDLINE system Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude, interpersonal influence, subjective norm, personal innovativeness in ITj, self-efficacy, facilitating conditions, perceived behavioral control, and usage intention SEM 224 physicians in primary care centers and hospitals Taiwan [23]
TAM and TPB Mobile health care Attitude, perceived behavioral control, subjective norm, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, personal innovativeness, and perceived service availability SEM 140 health care professionals working in hospitals Taiwan [24]
UTAUT HIT Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, voluntariness, facilitating conditions, experience, and IT knowledge SEM Information management officers or head officers from 1323 community health centers Thailand [25]
TAM and innovation diffusion theory Electronic logistics information system Compatibility, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, trust, perceived financial cost, and behavioral intention SEM Nurses working in 10 hospitals who used electronic logistics information system Taiwan [26]
TAM Telemedicine Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use SEM 408 physicians working in tertiary hospitals Hong Kong [27]

aDependent variable.

bIndependent variables.

cTAM: technology acceptance model.

dmHealth: mobile health.

eSEM: structural equation modelling.

fUTAUT: unified theory of acceptance and use of technology.

gEHR: electronic health record.

hTPB: theory of planned behavior.

iHIT: health information technology.

jIT: information technology.