Table 1

Summary of previous studies on continuance intention of mHealth apps

AuthorsTheoryMethodologyKey influencing factors
Beldad and Hegner (2018) Technology acceptance model (TAM)Empirical studyPerceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, injunctive social norm, trust, social influence and heath valuation
Cho (2016) Post-acceptance model (PAM), technology acceptance model (TAM)Empirical studyPerceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, confirmation and satisfaction
Yuan et al. (2015) and Woldeyohannes and Ngwenyama (2017) Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2)Empirical studyPerformance expectancy, hedonic motivations, price value, and habit; effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions
Huang and Ren (2020) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and human-technology interaction perspectiveEmpirical studyperceived usefulness, perceived ease, perceived enjoyment, technological functions, exercise self-efficacy
Song et al. (2021) Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM), IS success model (ISCM)Empirical studyPerceived usefulness, User satisfaction, perceived health status, information quality, system quality and service quality
Kumar, Singh, Pereira, and Leonidou (2020) Expectation confirmation Model (ECM), technology Acceptance Model (TAM)Empirical studySatisfaction, confirmation, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, trust, social influence, perceived service quality, perceived privacy and security
Wang et al. (2021) Expectation-confirmation model (ECM), self-determination theory (SDT)Empirical studyIntrinsic motivation, satisfaction, confirmation, perceived usefulness
Hsiao and Chen (2019) Expectation-confirmation model (ECM) and characteristics of individual, technology and taskEmpirical studyPerceived usefulness, technology maturity, individual habits, task mobility and user satisfaction
Akter et al. (2013b) Expectation-confirmation theory (ECM), service quality and consumer trustEmpirical studyPerceived usefulness, perceived service quality, perceived trust, confirmation, satisfaction
Zagita, Handayani, and Budi (2019) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), post-acceptance model (PAM), and Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)Empirical studyPerceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, confirmation, satisfaction, trust, doctors' information quality and service quality, and applications' reputation and institution assurance
Zhang et al. (2018) Elaboration likelihood model (ELM), Expectation-confirmation theory (ECM)Empirical studyPerceived e-health literacy, scrutinizing information, system quality, trust and satisfaction
Chen, Yang, Zhang, and Yang (2018) Elaboration likelihood model (ELM)ExperimentPerceived usefulness, trust, doctor's service quality and information quality, app's reputation and institution assurance
Wu (2018) IS success model (ISCM)Empirical studyPerceived usefulness, social support, information quality, service quality, patient satisfaction
Hossain and Alamgir (2016) IS success model (ISCM)Empirical studyPlatform quality, quality of advice, interaction quality, perceived value and user satisfaction
Akter et al. (2010) SERVQUALEmpirical studyPlatform quality, interaction quality and outcome quality
Kim et al. (2019) SERVQUALCase studyEngagement, content quality, reliability, usability and privacy
Meng et al. (2022) Trust theoryEmpirical studyAffective and cognitive trust, technology and health anxiety
Birkmeyer et al. (2021) Technology acceptance model (TAM)Empirical studyPerceived disease threat, health consciousness, attitude towards mHealth, personalization, interaction, mobile app design, social networking, satisfaction and word of mouth
Li et al. (2019) and Gupta et al. (2021) Expectation confirmation theory and social comparison theory perspectiveEmpirical studyActivity amount ranking, activity frequency ranking, confirmation
Luo et al. (2021) Protective motivation theory (PMT), network externalitiesEmpirical studyPerceived vulnerability, self-efficacy, response efficacy, direct and indirect network externalities, attitude towards mHealth
Yan et al. (2021) Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT), technology acceptance model (TAM) and flow theoryEmpirical studyPerceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norms, flow experience, health consciousness, behavioral change techniques
Lee and Cho (2017) Uses and gratification theoryEmpirical studyRecordability, networkability, credibility, comprehensibility and trendiness significantly predict user CI for diet/fitness apps
Wu et al. (2022) Extended expectation confirmation model (ECM) with IT identity and mindfulnessEmpirical studyExpectation-confirmation, perceived usefulness, user satisfaction, IT identity and IT mindfulness
Xiao et al. (2021) Valence FrameworkEmpirical studyPerceived risk (physical risk, social risk and privacy risk), perceived value (convenience value, utilitarian value, social support value and monetary value)

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