Applying health belief model to explore the adoption of energy telecare

摘要

The purpose of the study is to integrate Self Efficacy with the Health Belief Model in order to explore the usage intention model of Energy Telecare systems. The proposed framework is validated with respondents from Nantou County, which is located in Taiwan. This study emphasizes that hospital managers should pay more attention to understanding the five concepts of health belief of elderly (Perceived Susceptibility, Perceived Severity, Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers and Cues to Action), and improving Self Efficacy of elderly. We adopted the questionnaire survey for data collection, and examined our hypotheses by applying the structural equation modeling (SEM) method to validate the model. The findings may be used as a theoretical basis for future research and can also offer empirical foresight to the executives and managers of hospitals when they initially introduce and promote the energy telecare systems into their surrounding community.