Investigating the Influence of Technology Anxiety on Healthcare Metaverse Adoption

Technological advancements in the healthcare field have become increasingly common, shaping the future of healthcare practices. It's clear that innovative technological solutions in healthcare deliver results and revolutionize the sector. This study explores the implementation of a healthcare Metaverse using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework. The primary goal is to enhance medical doctors’ understanding of technology acceptance by considering technology anxiety as a factor within the TAM framework. The data were analyzed through path analysis to examine how perceived usefulness, ease of use, technology anxiety, and behavioral intention to adopt the healthcare Metaverse are interconnected. The findings indicate that perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use of the system both significantly impress the intention to engage with it, which aligns with research on TAM. Moreover, a substantial correlation exists between perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Nevertheless, technology anxiety has a statistically significant influence on perceived ease of use but not on perceived usefulness.