Structural Factors Affecting Health Examination Behavioral Intention

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ID15466522
AutoresHui-Ting Huang (0000-0001-5363-0442, Taiwan Adventist Hospital), Yu-Ming Kuo (0000-0002-2371-8475, Tzu Chi University), Shiang-Ru Wang (0000-0001-9439-2524, National Dong Hwa University), Chia-Fen Wang (Taiwan Adventist Hospital), Chung-Hung Tsai (Tzu Chi University, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume13
Fascículo4
Páginas395-395
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph13040395
PMID27043606
OpenAlexW2312536071
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas44

Disease screening instruments used for secondary prevention can facilitate early determination and treatment of pathogenic factors, effectively reducing disease incidence, mortality rates, and health complications. Therefore, people should be encouraged to receive health examinations for discovering potential pathogenic factors before symptoms occur. Here, we used the health belief model as a foundation and integrated social psychological factors and investigated the factors influencing health examination behavioral intention among the public in Taiwan. In total, 388 effective questionnaires were analyzed through structural model analysis. Consequently, this study yielded four crucial findings: (1) The established extended health belief model could effectively predict health examination behavioral intention; (2) Self-efficacy was the factor that most strongly influenced health examination behavioral intention, followed by health knowledge; (3) Self-efficacy substantially influenced perceived benefits and perceived barriers; (4) Health knowledge and social support indirectly influenced health examination behavioral intention. The preceding results can effectively increase the acceptance and use of health examination services among the public, thereby facilitating early diagnosis and treatment and ultimately reducing disease and mortality rates

Disease · Environmental health · Health belief model · Health education · Health examination · Pathology · Physical examination · Public health · Structural equation modeling · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Surgery