Sneha Anil Kumar Vaidhyam|Kuo-Ting Huang
Social Determinants of Health and Patients’ Technology Acceptance of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Pilot Survey
University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh
background telehealth widely adopted patients covid19 pandemic many social determinants health influence adoption objective pilot study aimed understand social determinants patients adoption telehealth context pandemic methods survey methodology used capture data 215 participants using amazon mechanical turk study guided technology acceptance model social determinants health framework questionnaire included technology acceptance model variables eg perceived usefulness pu perceived ease use peou social determinants eg access health care socioeconomic status education health literacy demographic information eg age sex race ethnicity series ordinary least squares regressions conducted analyze data using spss statistics ibm corp results results showed social determinant factorssafe neighborhood built environment p01 economic stability p05are predictors peou telehealth adoption statistically significant marginally statistically significant level furthermore moderated mediation model process model 85 used analyze effects covid19 neighborhood built environment economic stability peou pu significantly positively affected users intention use technology variables conclusions study draws attention 2 research frameworks address unequal access health technologies also adds empirical evidence telehealth research adoption patient technology finally regarding practical implications study provide government agencies health care organizations health care companies better perspective patients digital health use guide designing better technology considering factors social determinants health