Abstract
The increasing population of patients with chronic diseases generates great challenge of chronic disease management. The occurrence of mobile health monitoring service is beneficial to chronic disease prevention and health promotion. The objective of this study is to investigate how the patients with chronic diseases make usage decisions on mobile health monitoring service. A survey comprising 261 subjects were conducted to validate the research model and proposed hypotheses. The results revealed that health severity positively influences mobile health monitoring service use intention, while negative health emotions do not. Health uncertainty avoidance strengthens the effect of health severity but weakens the effect of negative health emotions on mobile health monitoring service use intention. Limitations and implications for research and practice are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 321-329 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
| Event | 17th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business, WHICEB 2018 - Wuhan, China Duration: 25 May 2018 → 27 May 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business, WHICEB 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Wuhan |
| Period | 25/05/18 → 27/05/18 |
Keywords
- chronic diseases
- health severity
- health uncertainty avoidance
- Mobile health monitoring service
- negative health emotions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Computer Science Applications
- Business and International Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation