Exploring the acceptance of telecare among senior citizens: An application of back-propagation network

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Huang, Jui Chen ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acceptance; artificial neural network (ANN); back propagation network (BPN); telecare

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE; ADOPTION MODEL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACKPROPAGATION NETWORK; EASE OF USE; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NON-LINEAR METHODS; OPERATION INTERFACE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SENIOR CITIZENS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TELECARE;

BACKPROPAGATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79952550612     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0118     Document Type: Article

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