title: What factors determine therapists' acceptance of new technologies for rehabilitation – a study using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine what factors affect the acceptance behavior and use of new technologies for rehabilitation by therapists at a large rehabilitation hospital in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administrated paper-based survey was created by adapting scales with high levels of internal consistency in prior research using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Items were scored on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from "strongly disagree (1)" to "strongly agree (7)". The target population was all occupational therapists (OT) and physical therapists (PT) involved with the provision of therapeutic interventions at the hospital. Our research model was tested using partial least squares (PLS) technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Performance expectancy was the strongest salient construct for behavioral intention to use new technologies in rehabilitation, whereas neither effort expectancy nor social influence were salient constructs for behavioral intention to use new technologies; (4) facilitating condition and behavioral intention to use new technologies were salient constructs for current use of new technologies in rehabilitation, with facilitating condition the strongest salient for current use of new technologies in rehabilitation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a large rehabilitation hospital where use of new technologies in rehabilitation is not mandatory, performance expectancy, or how the technology can help in therapists' work, was the most important factor in determining therapists' acceptance and use of technologies. However, effort expectancy and social influence constructs were not important, i.e. therapists were not influenced by the degree of difficulty or social pressures to use technologies. Behavioral intention and facilitating condition, or institutional support, are related to current use of new technologies in rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta , Canada .
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miguel Cruz
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rios Rincon
authors.forename: Vickie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buttar
authors.forename: Quentin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ranson
authors.forename: Darrell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goertzen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D059825:Physical Therapists / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013672:Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Assistive technology; UTAUT model; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; occupational therapy; physical therapy; technology acceptance