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• TITLE: Consumer Risk Perceptions in Mobile Health Services Adoption: Do They Matter?

  AUTHORS: Mihail Cocosila, Ofir Turel

  KEYWORDS: Mobile Service, Information and Communication Technology, Consumer Adoption, Perceived Risk, Healthcare

  JOURNAL NAME: E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, Vol.11 No.2, June 29, 2022

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate empirically the role of consumer perceived risks in the adoption of mobile health services. A theoretical model including the perceived risk associated with the activity targeted by a mobile health service and the perceived risk associated with the mobile service itself was developed and tested empirically in the context of an application supporting smoking cessation. The model was validated in a cross-sectional experiment conducted with 422 consumers in the UK and Canada. Findings show that while risk triggered by the nature of a health promotion activity is a strong driver of the adoption of the supporting mobile health service, risk related to the actual application targeting that activity is a comparatively weaker obstacle. The two contrasting risk perspectives are highly significant as they together explain over 31% of the variance in consumer intention to use the mobile health service, independently from other adoption factors. Overall, this study demonstrates that consumer risk perceptions alone are a multifaceted and meaningful component in mobile health services adoption, and that this element should not be overlooked in more complex research models.