期刊
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION
卷 49, 期 6, 页码 792-796出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08136
关键词
Personal digital assistants; perceptions; intention to use
Objective: To evaluate pharmacists' behavioral intention to use personal digital assistants (PDAs) in their profession, by means of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model (ETAM). Design: Prospective cross-sectional study. Setting: Hospital and community pharmacies in Houston, TX, in 2004. Participants: Convenience sample of 295 practicing pharmacists. Intervention: A prevalidated survey containing 30 items, evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale (1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree), which measured the ETAM variables. Main outcome measures: Predictors of intention to use PDA for pharmacists owning the device. Results: Among the surveyed population, 49% of pharmacists owned PDAs. Overall, the ETAM constructs showed fairly good reliability. Stepwise regression analysis showed that the ETAM explained 69% of the variance in intention to use PDAs for pharmacists owning the device. Result demonstrability (beta = 0.53), subjective norm (beta = 0.25), and voluntariness (beta = -0.10) were significant (P < 0.05) predictors of pharmacists' intention to use PDAs. Conclusion: ETAM proved useful in predicting pharmacists' behavior in using PDAs. With improvements in technology, PDAs be an effective tool for pharmacists in providing better patient care.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据