Determinants of Digital Health Pre-Acceptance in Respiratory Care: A Quantitative Irish Study

Perceived usefulness is a significant determinant of pre-acceptability of digital health technology among 58 ageing respiratory service users in two Irish respiratory centres.

• Why it matters: Evidence is limited on what drives early willingness to use digital health among ageing people with chronic respiratory disease, especially before technologies are deployed.
• What they did: The authors surveyed respiratory service users in the Midlands and West of Ireland using a questionnaire grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model and the Health Belief Model, then tested urban–rural and gender differences with non-parametric statistics including the Mann-Whitney U test.
• The result: Participants reported positive perceptions, with privacy, data security, and digital literacy concerns less significant than expected; urban and rural groups differed on perceived usefulness and design preferences, while males and females did not.

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