Comparison of the middle-aged and older users' adoption of mobile health services in China

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 210-224

  Deng, Zhaohua ^a   Mo, Xiuting ^a   Liu, Shan ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging characteristic factors; Middle aged user; Mobile health service; Older user; Theory of planned behavior; Value attitude behavior model

Indexed keywords

AGING CHARACTERISTICS; BEHAVIOR MODEL; MIDDLE-AGED USER; MOBILE HEALTH; OLDER USERS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH CARE;

GERIATRICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ACTUALIZATION; TELEHEALTH; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

AGING CHARACTERISTIC FACTORS; MIDDLE-AGED USER; MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE; OLDER USER; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; VALUE ATTITUDE BEHAVIOR MODEL;

AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84892484454     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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