ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2021
The Role of Transparency, Trust, and Social Influence on Uncertainty Reduction in Times of Pandemics: Empirical Study on the Adoption of COVID-19 Tracing Apps.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Antecedents predicting digital contact tracing acceptance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Pooled it
- Data Management and Privacy Policy of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: Systematic Review and Content Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics and determinants of population acceptance of COVID-19 digital contact tracing: a systematic review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Pooled it
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- The internet usage increases fear of infection with Covid-19.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Telemedicine Adoption Among Health Care Professionals: Qualitative Interview Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- Screen time, mute, mixed messages, and panic: An international auto-ethnographic study of knowledge workers during a pandemic.Qualitative research in medicine & healthcare · 2024Article
- Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Negative Emotions in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Investigating Citizens' Acceptance of Contact Tracing Apps: Quantitative Study of the Role of Trust and Privacy.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Trust: How It Affects the Use of Telemedicine in Improving Access to Assistive Technology to Enhance Healthcare Services.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- A privacy calculus model for contact tracing apps: Analyzing the use behavior of the German Corona-Warn-App with a longitudinal user study.Computers & security · 2023Article
- The Impact of Individuals' Social Environments on Contact Tracing App Use: Survey Study.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- Investigation of personal variables, technology usage, vaccine-related variables, social media-specific epistemological beliefs, media literacy, social impact strategies variables affecting vaccine hesitancy beliefs in the Covid-19 pandemic.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with acceptance of a digital contact tracing application for COVID-19 in the Japanese working-age population.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2023Article
- The moderating influence of perceived government information transparency on COVID-19 pandemic information adoption on social media systems.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundContact tracing apps are an essential component of an effective COVID-19 testing strategy to counteract the spread of the pandemic and thereby avoid overburdening the health care system. As the adoption rates in several regions are undesirable, governments must increase the acceptance of COVID-19 tracing apps in these times of uncertainty.
objectiveBuilding on the Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT), this study aims to investigate how uncertainty reduction measures foster the adoption of COVID-19 tracing apps and how their use affects the perception of different risks.
methodsRepresentative survey data were gathered at two measurement points (before and after the app's release) and analyzed by performing covariance-based structural equation modeling (n=1003).
resultsWe found that uncertainty reduction measures in the form of the transparency dimensions disclosure and accuracy, as well as social influence and trust in government, foster the adoption process. The use of the COVID-19 tracing app in turn reduced the perceived privacy and performance risks but did not reduce social risks and health-related COVID-19 concerns.
conclusionsThis study contributes to the mass adoption of health care technology and URT research by integrating interactive communication measures and transparency as a multidimensional concept to reduce different types of uncertainty over time. Furthermore, our results help to derive communication strategies to promote the mass adoption of COVID-19 tracing apps, thus detecting infection chains and allowing intelligent COVID-19 testing.
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