ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2026
Factors Associated With Pediatric Health Care Professionals' Intention to Adopt Socially Assistive Robots: Mixed Methods Study.
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Background: Socially assistive robots (SARs) have the potential to support pediatric care; yet, routine clinical adoption remains limited. Because SARs interact directly with children, health care professionals (HCPs) may consider not only clinical utility and usability but also child-robot interaction, trust, and implementation concerns that may not be fully represented by conventional technology acceptance frameworks. Objective: This study aimed to examine factors associated with pediatric HCPs' behavioral intention (BI) to adopt SARs and explored how clinical perspectives contextualized conventional technology acceptance constructs. Methods: A convergent parallel mixed methods study was conducted at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan between June and December 2025. In the quantitative strand, 125 pediatric HCPs viewed a standardized video of a SAR interacting with a child and completed a Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2)-based questionnaire incorporating trust. Multiple linear regression examined associations with BI. In the qualitative strand, 17 HCPs with direct clinical SAR exposure, recruited primarily from 2 pilot units, participated in semistructured interviews. The strands involved partially overlapping but nonequivalent samples with different levels of SAR exposure. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically, and findings were integrated using a joint display. Results: The quantitative model accounted for 72.7% of the variance in BI. Social influence (SI: β=0.348; Conclusions: Pediatric HCPs' intentions to adopt SARs were associated with SI, HM, and PE, but measurement limitations and the predominantly video-based evaluation context preclude interpreting these associations as distinct determinants or predictors of actual use. Qualitative findings highlighted child-centered relational value and context-specific implementation concerns. Child-centered relational value was conceptually distinct from HCP-centered HM, suggesting that evaluations of patient-facing socially interactive technologies may involve considerations not fully represented by conventional user-centered acceptance constructs. Multisite longitudinal studies using validated measures and real-world SAR exposure are needed to examine actual uptake and sustained use.
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