Table 1 Constructs included in the Wearable Technology Acceptance in Health Care (WTAH) survey
Performance Expectancy (PE) | The degree to which using this technology will bring effectiveness to users in performing daily activities |
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Hedonic Motivation (HM) | The pleasure or enjoyment derived from adopting and using the technology |
Effort Expectancy (EE) | The degree of ease related to the patient’s use of the technology |
Functional Congruence (FC) | Product quality in terms of comfort, fashion and reasonable pricing |
Self-Efficacy (SE) | The patient’s capacity to use the wearable device to self-monitor and self-manage their memory functioning |
Social Influence (SI) | The extent to which the patient’s decision-making is influenced by others’ perceptions |
Perceived Vulnerability (PV) | The possibility of the patient experiencing memory problems |
Perceived Severity (PS) | The extent of the threat from behaviour that is unhealthy for memory and the importance of following medical prescriptions that are good for memory |
Perceived Privacy Risk (PPR) | The patient’s perceptions of risk when professionals attempt to collect, use, and distribute information about them and their behaviour |
Behavioural Intention (BI) | The intention to use the device in the future |