Background
“The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) Model”
Methods
Research study design, settings and participants
Research instrument
Data collection procedure and statistical analysis
Reliability and validity of measurement
Results
Descriptive statistics
Parameter | Frequency(N = 660) | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
1. Age of Respondents | ||
20–30 years | 346 | 52.4 |
31–40 years | 251 | 38 |
41–50 years | 63 | 9.6 |
2. Gender | ||
Male | 256 | 38.8 |
Female | 404 | 61.2 |
3. Professional Experience | ||
0–5 years | 317 | 48.03 |
6–10 years | 163 | 24.70 |
11–15 years | 92 | 13.94 |
16–20 years | 76 | 11.52 |
21–25 years | 12 | 1.81 |
4. Type of Nurse | ||
Staff Nurse | 386 | 58.4 |
Nursing Officer | 206 | 31.2 |
Emergency Nurse | 58 | 8.8 |
Critical Nurse | 5 | 0.8 |
Pre-Operative Nurse | 5 | 0.8 |
5. Voluntariness | ||
Completely not voluntary | 173 | 26.2 |
Not Voluntary | 328 | 49.7 |
Somewhat not voluntary | 47 | 7.1 |
Neutral | 31 | 4.7 |
Somewhat voluntary | 31 | 4.7 |
Voluntary | 43 | 6.5 |
Completely voluntary | 7 | 1.1 |
6. Type of HEIMS used | ||
LHIMS | 488 | 73.9 |
HAMS | 172 | 26.1 |
The measurement models
Construct Measurements | Item loading λ | ε | Mean | Cronbach’s alpha (CA) (if item deleted) |
---|---|---|---|---|
PE1 | 0.880 | 0.226 | 5.760 | .943 |
PE2 | 0.947 | 0.103 | 5.640 | .943 |
PE3 | 0.928 | 0.139 | 5.730 | .942 |
PE4 | 0.496 | 0.754 | 3.860 | .946 |
EE1 | 0.914 | 0.165 | 5.540 | .942 |
EE2 | 0.868 | 0.247 | 5.570 | .942 |
EE3 | 0.932 | 0.131 | 5.640 | .943 |
EE4 | 0.864 | 0.254 | 5.650 | .943 |
ATUT1 | 0.592 | 0.650 | 5.660 | .945 |
ATUT2 | 0.913 | 0.166 | 5.500 | .942 |
ATUT3 | 0.893 | 0.203 | 5.230 | .942 |
ATUT4 | 0.904 | 0.183 | 5.450 | .942 |
SI1 | 0.913 | 0.166 | 5.700 | .942 |
SI2 | 0.909 | 0.174 | 5.830 | .942 |
SI3 | 0.280 | 0.922 | 3.870 | .946 |
SI4 | 0.890 | 0.208 | 6.140 | .943 |
SE1 | 0.842 | 0.290 | 5.400 | .942 |
SE2 | 0.667 | 0.555 | 5.830 | .944 |
SE3 | 0.904 | 0.182 | 5.150 | .942 |
SE4 | 0.811 | 0.343 | 5.120 | .943 |
FC1 | 0.550 | 0.698 | 5.530 | .943 |
FC2 | 0.691 | 0.523 | 5.100 | .943 |
FC3 | 0.843 | 0.289 | 2.900 | .946 |
FC4 | 0.833 | 0.306 | 2.890 | .947 |
ANX1 | 0.402 | 0.838 | 5.020 | .943 |
ANX2 | 0.860 | 0.260 | 3.800 | .948 |
ANX3 | 0.886 | 0.215 | 3.610 | .948 |
ANX4 | 0.830 | 0.311 | 4.130 | .947 |
BI1 | 0.985 | 0.030 | 5.590 | .942 |
BI2 | 0.976 | 0.047 | 5.610 | .942 |
BI3 | 0.980 | 0.040 | 5.580 | .942 |
BI4 | 0.945 | 0.107 | 5.550 | .943 |
UB1 | 0.949 | 0.099 | 7.820 | .944 |
UB2 | 0.949 | 0.099 | 4.370 | .942 |
Constructs | Mean | S. Dev. | Variance | AVE | CR | CA | KMO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PE | 5.248 | 1.046 | 1.095 | 0.695 | 0.896 | 0.779 | 0.754 |
EE | 5.600 | 0.934 | 0.873 | 0.801 | 0.941 | 0.915 | 0.802 |
ATUT | 5.460 | 1.062 | 1.128 | 0.700 | 0.901 | 0.831 | 0.785 |
SI | 5.386 | 1.078 | 1.163 | 0.633 | 0.859 | 0.709 | 0.745 |
SE | 5.378 | 1.026 | 1.053 | 0.657 | 0.884 | 0.824 | 0.760 |
FC | 4.105 | 1.183 | 1.399 | 0.546 | 0.824 | 0.723 | 0.564 |
ANX | 4.140 | 1.256 | 1.577 | 0.594 | 0.845 | 0.753 | 0.708 |
BI | 5.583 | 1.195 | 1.429 | 0.944 | 0.985 | 0.980 | 0.873 |
UB | 6.094 | 1.978 | 3.912 | 0.901 | 0.948 | 0.842 | 0.560 |
The structural model
Hypothesis | Parameter | R2 | Estimate | S. E | C. R | Significance | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | BI <--- SI | 0.38 | .55 | .04 | 14.06 | *** | Accepted |
H2 | UB < --- SI | 0.43 | .77 | .07 | 11.76 | *** | Accepted |
H3 | BI <--- FC | 0.16 | .16 | .03 | 4.80 | *** | Accepted |
H4 | UB < --- FC | 0.14 | .07 | .05 | 1.44 | 0.15 | Rejected |
H5 | UB < --- BI | 0.40 | .59 | .06 | 10.22 | *** | Accepted |
Discussion
Measure | Age | Gender | Prof. Experience | Vol | SI | FC | BI | UB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | NA | |||||||
Gender | −.051 | NA | ||||||
Prof. Experience | .818** | −.043 | NA | |||||
Vol | .165** | .033 | −.259** | NA | ||||
SI | .157** | −.176** | .162** | −.244** | 0.796 | |||
FC | .147** | −.110** | .143** | .008 | .448** | 0.739 | ||
BI | .135** | −.217** | .184** | −.219** | .612** | .399** | 0.972 | |
UB | .200** | −.159** | .264** | −.316** | .657** | .375** | .630** | 0.949 |
Independent Variables (IV) | Dependent Variables (DV) | R-squared (R2) | |
---|---|---|---|
Constructs | Moderators | ||
SI | no | BI | 0.375 |
SI | age, gender, prof. Exp. & Vol. | 0.401 | |
FC | no | 0.160 | |
FC | age, gender, prof. Exp. & Vol. | 0.248 | |
SI & FC | age, gender, prof. Exp. & Vol. | 0.421 | |
SI | na | UB | 0.432 |
FC | na | 0.140 | |
BI | na | 0.396 | |
SI, FC & BI | na | 0.517 |