Avatar customization, social presence, and eHealth literacy: understanding user adoption of virtual hospitals for public health innovation
Haoran Li, Sijie Sun, Zike Jing, Ruijie Zhang, Yilu He · 2025
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Description
Haoran Li, Sijie Sun, Zike Jing, Ruijie Zhang, and Yilu He study what makes people willing to use virtual hospitals. Their experiment was published in twenty twenty-five. Virtual hospitals promise relief for aging populations and staff shortages, but adoption is a human question.
Four hundred and fifteen online participants entered a virtual hospital scenario with different levels of avatar customization. They then rated how much they identified with their avatar, how present others felt, and their own digital health literacy. The study tests how these factors chain together toward willingness to use the service. Design details like a personal avatar may matter as much as the medicine on offer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haoran Li, Sijie Sun, Zike Jing, Ruijie Zhang, Yilu He |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |