A Research of Factors Influencing Rural Residents'Willingness to Use Telemedicine
Objective Explore the factors affecting rural residents'willingness to use telemedicine in China,and put forward relevant suggestions to promote the development of telemedicine in rural areas.Methods A research model was built based on Technology Acceptance Model,data were collected through using a questionnaire survey and analyze by structural equation modelling for validation.Results The awareness rate of telemedicine among rural residents was 62.0%and the usage rate was 10.0%,which was low.Perceived usefulness,perceived ease of use,social participation,social support,and facilitators positively influence rural residents'willingness to use telemedicine(P＜0.05),while perceived risk and social connection have no effect on the willingness of rural residents to use telemedicine(P＞0.05).Conclusion Promote the construction of telemedicine system infrastructure to comprehensively enhance the level of rural medical and health services;improve telemedicine laws and regulations to promote the policy guarantee of the three medical institutions;give full play to the role of social capital to improve the information literacy of rural residents in the use of telemedicine.
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