Abstract
This paper examines how gamification affects user intention to use mobile healthcare applications (mHealth) and how the effect of gamification works differently according to health status, age, and gender. We use data from a mobile survey conducted by a Korean representative survey agency. We estimate the effect of gamification on user intention to use mobile healthcare applications based on a structural equation model and examine the moderating effects of self-reported health status, age, and gender. We find that gamification is effective in increasing user intention to use mHealth, especially in the healthy and younger groups. These findings suggest that mHealth, with the gamification factor, would encourage healthy (but lack exercise) people as well as unhealthy people to maintain their health status, and thus the mHealth developers need to consider the gamification factor when they develop mHealth services for healthy people.
Highlights
IntroductionA mobile healthcare application (mHealth hereafter) offers its users medical information (e.g., diagnosis and treatment) and guidance for managing their health
A mobile healthcare application offers its users medical information and guidance for managing their health
This paper aims to find the role of gamification regarding the intention to use mobile healthcare applications
Summary
A mobile healthcare application (mHealth hereafter) offers its users medical information (e.g., diagnosis and treatment) and guidance for managing their health. These applications, with the help of various sensors in a smart watch or smart phone, help users check and control their health conditions. Dietary intake monitoring application (DIMA) enables dialysis patients to self-monitor their food intake by providing real-time feedbacks [1]. That is, this is a form of personalized healthcare based on individual needs and control [2].
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