PURPOSE This study aims to examine the factors affecting caregivers' acceptance of the use of wearable devices by patients with dementia by extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model with 2 additional constructs: resistance to change (RC) and technology anxiety (TA). METHODS A structured online questionnaire was developed and distributed to caregivers who have either dealt previously with or were currently taking care of patients with dementia in sub-Saharan Africa. The selection of countries for the study was purely based on the availability of caregivers of patients with dementia and their readiness to take part in the survey. Questionnaire data from 350 respondents were analyzed and the hypothesis tested using partial least squares based on structural equation modeling. RESULT The results of the extended model show that social influence, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, and behavioral intention (BI) all had P < .05, thus were statistically significant in explaining the perceived BI and actual use of health-care wearable devices among patients with dementia as reported by caregivers. However, P value for RC and TA was greater than .05, hence were insignificant.

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影响痴呆患者看护者对可穿戴设备使用的接受程度的因素：对接受和使用技术模型统一理论的扩展。

目的这项研究旨在通过扩展2种额外构造的统一接受和使用技术理论（UTAUT）模型，来研究影响痴呆症患者护理人员接受可穿戴设备使用的因素，其中包括2种额外的结构：抗变化（RC）和技术焦虑症（TA）。方法开发了结构化的在线问卷，并将其分发给以前曾在撒哈拉以南非洲治疗或目前正在治疗痴呆症患者的护理人员。选择研究国家/地区的原因纯粹是基于痴呆症患者的看护者的可得性以及他们是否愿意参加调查。分析了来自350名受访者的问卷调查数据，并基于结构方程模型使用偏最小二乘检验了假设。结果扩展模型的结果表明，社会影响力，预期工作量，促进条件和行为意向（BI）均P <.05，因此在解释BI和医疗可穿戴设备的实际使用方面具有统计学意义照护者报告的痴呆患者。但是，RC和TA的P值大于0.05，因此意义不大。