Exploring the Factors Influencing Health Information Websites Usage - A Study on Dental Health Information

• Main Authors: CHANG,CHIA-MIEN, 張家綿
• Other Authors: LIAO,CHE-CHEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x3m7dh

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 資訊管理學系碩士在職專班 === 107 === With the rapid development of science and technology, the popularity of smart phones and the maturity of mobile networks. People can easily access health information, and the provision of health information can directly or indirectly affect the health attitudes and behaviors of recipients. Oral health affects chewing, communication, physical health and aesthetics, and dental care is closely related to oral health. Therefore, this study derived from literature review-based method to propose a research model to explore the influential factors on people intention to use dental health information websites prior to oral health. This study was an online questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed by the SPSS for windows 20.0 version for descriptive statistics, Smart PLS 3.0 software to account the causal relationships between variables.A total of 376 useful responses were retrieved. The results of the study showed that the "Healthy worry ", "Healthy awareness" and "Perceived health risks" were positively affect the " Interest in searching health information "; the "Health awareness ", " Interest in searching health information ", "Perceived usefulness", "Perceived ease of use" and "Past experience" were positively influence the " Behavioral intention to use " of the public on dental health information.The results of the study would provide reference for government agencies, medical institutions and enterprises to look forward to designing dental health information websites that better meet the needs of the people's dental care, helping people to more actively focus on their oral health.