预测COVID-19联系人追踪应用程序的使用情况:跨越两个测量点的研究
Urte Scholz1,2, Roger Mundry3,4,5, Alexandra M Freund1,2
1Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Applied psychology. Health and well-being
|June 20, 2023
概括
在COVID-19期间,联系人追踪应用程序的使用是由感知到的有效性,自信,对政府的信任和信息搜索驱动的,而不仅仅是风险. 这些因素影响了意图和实际使用,随着流行病的发展.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 联系人追踪移动应用程序 (APP) 是COVID-19大流行期间的关键工具.
- 以前关于应用程序使用的研究往往不是基于理论或纵向的.
- 了解应用程序采用的心理驱动因素对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查联系人追踪应用程序使用意图和实际使用的心理决定因素.
- 应用一个扩展的保护动机理论框架来理解应用程序的采用.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,在两个测量点检查这些因素.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向研究调查了瑞士1525名参与者关于应用程序使用决定因素的调查.
- 数据收集发生在两个时间点,考虑到流行病的发展.
- 统计分析检查了心理因素,意图和自我报告的应用程序使用之间的关系,并纳入了流行病学数据.
主要成果:
- 提高响应效率,自我效能,对政府的信任和积极的信息搜索预测了更高的应用程序使用意图.
- 自我效能,意图和信息搜索预测了自我报告的应用程序使用量增加.
- 风险感知,COVID-19发病率和死亡人数没有显著预测应用程序使用意图或实际使用.
结论:
- 应用程序的采用和意图主要受到心理因素的影响,例如有效性信念和信任,而不仅仅是感知到的风险或流行病严重程度.
- 促进联系人追踪应用程序的公共卫生策略应专注于建立用户的信心和信任.
- 纵向的,基于理论的研究对于理解对数字健康工具的持续参与至关重要.
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