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Patients’ Attitudes Toward Apps for Management of a Chronic Disease

In: Innovation Through Information Systems

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  • Paul Alpar

    (Philipps-University of Marburg)

  • Thomas Driebe

    (Philipps-University of Marburg)

Abstract

We model the intention of patients to use a telehealth app for the management of a chronic disease. Our model integrates the health belief model with a model of information technology acceptance to reflect the technology- and health-related parts of the intention. The intention of non-using patients to use the app is influenced by their hedonic motivation and social influence. An analysis of sub-groups reveals deeper insights: Patients without access to the app would use it based on the expected performance and their self-efficacy. Patients who do not use the app despite having access to it would use it if influenced by their social environment and if they perceive their disease to be severe. A third group does not even know whether they can use the app. The results show that proper education of patients and people influencing them is necessary even in the case of chronic diseases.

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  • Paul Alpar & Thomas Driebe, 2021. "Patients’ Attitudes Toward Apps for Management of a Chronic Disease," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Frederik Ahlemann & Reinhard Schütte & Stefan Stieglitz (ed.), Innovation Through Information Systems, pages 22-37, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-030-86790-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86790-4_2
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