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An empirical study of mHealth adoption in a developing country: the moderating effect of gender concern

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, May 2016
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Title
An empirical study of mHealth adoption in a developing country: the moderating effect of gender concern
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12911-016-0289-0
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Md Rakibul Hoque

Abstract

mHealth has become a valuable tool for providing health care services in developing countries. Despite the potential benefits of mHealth, its adoption remains a very challenge in developing countries like Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the adoption of mHealth services in Bangladesh using Extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Data were collected from over 250 respondents in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The data were analyzed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method, a statistical analysis technique based on the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The study found that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and subjective norm (p < 0.05) had significant positive impact on the intention to adopt mHealth services. Surprisingly, the effects of personal innovativeness in IT (p > 0.05) on mHealth adoption were insignificant. This study also revealed that gender was strongly associated with the adoption and use of mHealth in developing countries. The findings of this study can be used by government, policy makers, and mobile phone Company to maximize the acceptance of mHealth services in Bangladesh. The paper concludes with a discussion of research results and draws several implications for future research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 308 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 53 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 14%
Researcher 23 7%
Student > Bachelor 19 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 6%
Other 62 20%
Unknown 92 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 42 14%
Computer Science 42 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 31 10%
Social Sciences 26 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 5%
Other 47 15%
Unknown 104 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 May 2016.
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#3,929,989
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