ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2021
Assessing Determinants of Online Medical Services Adoption Willingness of General Hospital Physicians Using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: A Multi-Group Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
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- Breaking the adherence barrier: an information-motivation-behavioral skills model analysis of self-efficacy in stroke survivors' home-based exercise.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Effects of IMB model-based rehabilitation on exercise compliance and knee function after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposePhysician adoption of online medical services (OMS) has been hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic, but their adoption willingness still requires to be improved. This study aims to construct a physician's OMS adoption willingness model based on the information-motivation-behavioral skill (IMB) theory, explore the determinants affecting adoption willingness and its influencing pathways, and evaluate the moderating effects of OMS use experience on willingness through multi-group analysis. PARTICIPANTS AND
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among physicians in three public hospitals of Jiangsu province, China, from June to July 2020, using a multi-stage sampling method. Structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the valid data from 531 respondents.
resultsPhysicians' willingness to adopt OMS was at a moderate level, with an average score of 14.27±3.34 (range: 4-20). The behavior model for physician's OMS adoption willingness fitted well. Information (In), motivation (Mo), and behavioral skill (BS) explained 69% of the variance in adoption willingness (AW). Information could only exert completely indirect effect on willingness via behavioral skills (b = 0.202, 95% CI[0.122, 0.314]); motivation could both generate direct effect (β=0.368, p < 0.001) and partial indirect effect on willingness via behavioral skills (b = 0.160, 95% CI[0.092, 0.248]); and behavioral skills had a positive effect on willingness (β=0.424, p < 0.001). Furthermore, OMS use experience showed a significant moderating effect on the Mo → AW pathway, with inexperienced physicians' willingness being significantly stronger influenced by motivation compared to experienced ones.
conclusionFindings from this study revealed the role of IMB model in interpreting and predicting physicians' willingness to adopt OMS and the moderating effect of uptake experience, providing practitioners with a theoretical foundation and intervention framework for supporting OMS development efforts.
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