Behavioral intention to use smartwatches: a case study

Nowadays, the older adults have the possibility of using smart devices such as smartwatches to monitor their health status and provide adequate assistance to their needs. The present study proposes an UTAUT model for elderly smartwatch adoption. Factors considered to influence the adoption of smartwatch are defined and the hypotheses are formulated and tested. The model investigates the role of design aesthetics (DE), effort expectancy (EE), performance expectancy (PE), facilitating conditions (FC), behavioral intention to use (BI) in elderly's acceptance of smartwatches. The results showed that DE, EE, PE and FC have a direct effect on BI. Among these factors FC has the great effect on the behavioral intention to use smartwatches.