Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337948 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Digital Business [ISSN:] 2666-9544 [Volume:] 4 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 100072 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 1-11
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Our research analyzes how the fear related to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic reinforces the engagement in the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for healthcare. While prior research has examined the adoption of IoT for healthcare, there is a notable absence of exploration regarding the influence of COVID-19-related factors, such as fear and desire for self-care, on user engagement with IoT devices and their determining factors. A quantitative study using the partial least squares algorithm was conducted to analyze this gap. The mediating role of the desire for self-care between fear and social influences, on the one hand, and engagement in using this technology, on the other, was confirmed by adopting the Macro Process on SPSS.11SPSS Statistics is a software developed by IBM for advanced statistical analysis. The study results make it possible to put forward several interesting recommendations that facilitate the long-term adoption of the Internet of Things for health. The mediating role of the desire for self-care in the relationship between fear and user engagement explains that IoT users who are afraid of catching COVID-19 will be more concerned about health monitoring, leading them to adopt this technology of IoT devices.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
Desire for self-care
Internet of things for healthcare
Social influence
User engagement
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