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...

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Main Authors:	Chandio, Fida Hussain, Anwar, Fozia, Zeki, Akram M., Rizvi, seema
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2015
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/1/46245.pdf

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spelling	iium-462452016-03-07T08:33:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine Chandio, Fida Hussain Anwar, Fozia Zeki, Akram M. Rizvi, seema T Technology (General) 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 IEEE 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/1/46245.pdf Chandio, Fida Hussain and Anwar, Fozia and Zeki, Akram M. and Rizvi, seema (2015) Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine. In: 2014 International Conference on Computer Assisted System in Health (CASH), 19th-2st Dec. 2014, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7286667&newsearch=true&queryText=Investigating%20the%20empirical%20relation%20and%20Importance%20of%20Perceived%20Usefulness,%20Perceived%20Ease%20of%20Use%20and%20Intention%20to%20Use%20Online%20
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) Chandio, Fida Hussain Anwar, Fozia Zeki, Akram M. Rizvi, seema Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
description	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
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Chandio, Fida Hussain Anwar, Fozia Zeki, Akram M. Rizvi, seema
author_facet	Chandio, Fida Hussain Anwar, Fozia Zeki, Akram M. Rizvi, seema
author_sort	Chandio, Fida Hussain
title	Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
title_short	Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
title_full	Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
title_fullStr	Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
title_sort	investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46245/1/46245.pdf
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Investigating the empirical relation and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for evidence based medicine

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