Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
This study explores the empirical relationship and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for Evidencebased Medicine (EBM). Although a significant literature is available that investigates the effect of various factors on inte...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
IEEE
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/1/46245.pdf |
| Summary: | This study explores the empirical relationship and
importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and
intention to use online information resources for Evidencebased
Medicine (EBM). Although a significant literature is
available that investigates the effect of various factors on
intention to use digital information sources to practice EBM in
developed countries. However, literature is a lacking in
exploring the intention to practice EBM by physicians in
developing countries like Pakistan. This is the motivation
behind this study. This research is a cross sectional
quantitative survey study (N=352). Based on related literature
a questionnaire was developed. Selected participant sample of
the survey is those physicians, who were in clinical practice
and were having the knowledge of EBM. Structural equation
modelling technique (SEM) with the Analysis of Moment
Structures software (AMOS) is used for data analysis. The
findings showed the significance and causal linkage between
perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use
online information resources for EBM. Perceived usefulness is
found as a strong predictor in acceptance and behavioral
intention as compared to the perceived ease of use |
|---|