Factors Affecting the Adoption of Healthcare Robots in the Hospital: A Case Study of Hospital in Thailand

Authors

  • Kanokkan Hoymala Innovation and Technology Management, College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Bangkok 10100
  • Chaiwat Oottamakorn Innovation and Technology Management, College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Bangkok 10100

Keywords:

Healthcare Robot, Technology acceptance, Innovation in medicine, Intention to use EFA

Abstract

This research studies factors affecting the adoption of healthcare robots in the hospital a case study of hospital in Thailand. This research investigated the factors involved in the robots using in hospital based on the results of 400 medical personnel involved in the use of healthcare robots. The medical staff was selected randomly for data collection. Data was gathered by an online closed-end questionnaire, which was tested in terms of content validity and reliability. Data analysis was performed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to identify common factor and create new component groups.

The result revealed that factors affecting the adoption of healthcare robots in the hospital a case study of hospital in Thailand six groups of components: perceived risk had four components: legal concern, privacy concern, trust and safety. system concern had four components: technical, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, time. ethical concern had two components: social influence, change resistance. one component of facilitating conditions, behavioral intention and use behavior.

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2025-05-26

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Hoymala, K., & Oottamakorn, C. (2025). Factors Affecting the Adoption of Healthcare Robots in the Hospital: A Case Study of Hospital in Thailand. Trends of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, 13(1), 232–244. retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Humanties-up/article/view/283961

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025): January - June (2025)

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