Behavioral Intention to Use IoT Technology in Healthcare Settings

Abstract

Rapid scaling of using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been seen recently in numerous applications in healthcare to deliver proper services. This was motivated by the declining size and cost of the employed IoT devices. Developing such technology has been well investigated in the literature; however, few studies have explored the factors influencing its adaptation in the healthcare setting. In this study, we investigate the core factors that influence the acceptance of using IoT for Healthcare Purposes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Accordingly, a theoretical framework, based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), was developed and tested empirically. The modified model added variables that provide a better explanation of the acceptance of healthcare technology. To ground our conceptual idea, a survey was designed and performed on 407 patients (207 males, 200 females). The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was applied to analyze the effect of eight hypothesized predicting constructs on the collected data. Results revealed that cost, privacy concerns, and perceived usefulness were the most significant predictors of behavioral intention to use. However, attitude and perceived connectedness were found to be irrelevant in predicting the intention to use IoT. Ultimately, results found that there is no correlation between gender and behavioral intention.

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“…The TAM specifies that perceived usefulness is one of the most important factors since it focuses on the user's behavioral intention for the adoption of new technology. In the context of IoT and blockchain systems, perceived usefulness was found to be an important influencer of the intention to adopt these technologies in different studies [25,26,29,30]. Perceived usefulness is a significant predictor of the intention to use IoT services with blockchain.…”

“…Acceptance of IoT and blockchain technology could be influenced by attitude. Previous studies have shown that the key factors in the study of attitudes assume a positive correlation between IoT systems and blockchain to include perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, personal competency, and transaction intention, which are described below in detail [25][26][27]:…”

“…There are many benefits and advantages gained from technology which increase the perceived benefit [28]. They can affect the quality of work done by improving performance, increasing productivity, and enhancing effectiveness [25]. The TAM specifies that perceived usefulness is one of the most important factors since it focuses on the user's behavioral intention for the adoption of new technology.…”

“…Referred to by Davis as the "degree to which a person believes that using a particular system would be free of effort" [21]. According to Alanazi and Soh [25], perceived ease of use can be measured in several dimensions regarding the adoption of new technology: easy to learn, control and use, clear and understandable, easy to become skillful, and flexible to interact with. A number of studies have indicated that a perceived ease of use has a significant effect on the intention and behavior of IoT systems [12,25,31,32].…”

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“…A 5-point Likert scale (ranging from 1 for Strongly Disagree to 5 for Strongly Agree) with questions about its usefulness, ease of use, and satisfaction was used [19]. The ease of use and usefulness are the two main factors that affect the user's intention to use new technology [20,21]. Open-end questions about the positive and negative aspects of the mobile application were also asked.…”