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- Title
Determinants of Continuance Intention to Use Hearing Aids among Older Adults in Tehran (Iran).
- Authors
Jorbonyan, Abdolhakim; Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah; Foroughan, Mahshid; Mehrkian, Saeideh
- Abstract
The present study seeks to evaluate the factors determining the continuance intention to use hearing aids in older adults. This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2021. The technology post-acceptance model (PAM) framework was used to develop a model for the continuance intention to use hearing aids. In total, 300 hearing aid users aged ≥60 years, who were selected via a randomized stratified sampling method, completed the self-evaluation tools used in this study. With a mean age of 71.38 years (SD = 8), the participants comprised 50.7% and 49.3% females and males, respectively. The path analysis results showed that the continuance intention to use hearing aids was positively and significantly influenced by the actual use of hearing aids, the perceived benefits, satisfaction, confirmation, self-efficacy in using hearing aids, an extraverted personality trait, self-perceived hearing handicap, and perceived social support. The main results of the present study can help hearing care providers develop a better understanding of older users to design effective rehabilitation strategies and ensure their continuance intention to use hearing aids.
- Subjects
IRAN; EVALUATION of medical care; SOCIAL support; CROSS-sectional method; HEARING aids; SATISFACTION; MEDICAL care use; SELF-efficacy; CONCEPTUAL structures; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HEARING disorders; QUESTIONNAIRES; PATIENT compliance; STATISTICAL sampling; OLD age
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2024, Vol 12, Issue 4, p487
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare12040487