Telemedicine Acceptance Framework for the Elderly in Thailand
Vitarak Techatraiphumaot.vitarak@gmail.com
Atchara Tharnuraikulachara@sit.kmutt.ac.th
Worarat Krathuworarat.kra@sit.kmutt.ac.th
Wichian Chutimaskulwichian@sit.kmutt.ac.th
School of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand is currently moving toward an ageing society. According to the current population structure, the number of elderly tends to be increasing while the number of working-age people is decreasing. Often the elderly require intensive healthcare, and due to the growing elderly population, the need for an adequate number of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare services becomes a big issue. Telemedicine has emerged as a solution by providing professional healthcare services in remote areas. However, telemedicine in Thailand is still underutilized for many reasons. In this work, we studied factors that affect the acceptance of telemedicine for the elderly in Thailand. In particular, we applied the UTAUT framework for confirming the relationships between the proposed factors and the behavioral intention. The results provide an insight into understanding how the elderly accept telemedicine, and hence, enable the design of the telemedicine acceptance framework for the elderly in Thailand.
telemedicine
eldery
acceptance framework
Thailand