Session Information
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Session Title: Technology
Session Time: 1:45pm-3:15pm
Location: Hall 3FG
Objective: The aim of this paper is to investigate factors influencing acceptance by Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients of a self-management application for an Internet of Things system.
Background: An application for tablets has been developed using a user-centered design approach, in collaboration with patients and other stakeholder. The application visualises combined symptom and information regarding motor function, sleep, physical exercise, meal intake compliance in relation to medication, and medication compliance.
Methods: Fifty patients answered a survey based on a Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), which consisted of factors including performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence. Sociodemographic (age and gender) and technology-associated (experience with modern technology) factors were also collected to determine their contributions for predicting behavioral intention to use the application.
Results: The UTAUT-based factors along with sociodemographic and technology-associated factors together account for 82.9% of the variability in PD patients’ behavioral intention to use the application. We found that women were significantly more positive than men (p<0.001) in their intention to use the application. If offered the application in the future, 70% of the respondents would use it. Respondents with lower level of experience with technology had less intention to use the application. Performance expectancy and social influence were the only factors that positively predicted intention to use the prototype. The results showed high scores related to intention to use the application, which suggests high acceptance of the application by the PD patients. Based on qualitative results, the application was seen by PD patients as a useful tool for providing them a better overview of their health status.
Conclusions: Acceptance of the application can be increased by showing its benefits to the PD patients and by developing social strategies to encourage them to stimulate each other to use the application.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
M. Memedi, J. Lindqvist, T. Tunedal, A. Duvåker. A study on pre-adoption of a self-management application by Parkinson’s disease patients [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2018; 33 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/a-study-on-pre-adoption-of-a-self-management-application-by-parkinsons-disease-patients/. Accessed May 17, 2025.« Back to 2018 International Congress
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