Extracting factors of physical activity tracking technology using wordcloud and relevancy ranking

Abstract

In eHealth, physical activity (PA) tracking technology can assist people in monitoring their PAs. However, continuance usage is the cornerstone of PA product success; otherwise it is a failure. There is limited knowledge of IS continuance in this domain called PA tracking devices and apps with social media (PATT-SM). The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that drive users to continue using PATT-SM. From literature, 33 prior studies were found to have included 315 variables in research. This study uses Wordcloud as to pinpoint which variables are to be highlighted. There are 19 variables in Wordcloud that received higher hits than others and these variables are ranked the importance based on experienced users. Then, the top ranks are used to form a model for further analysis on their impact on continuance intention (CI). The first 10 variables are Health Consciousness, Perceived Ease of Use, Privacy Concerns and Security, Habit, Perceived Value, Facilitating Conditions, Social Support, Price, Attitude, and Hedonic. The identified variables can be grouped as cognitive belief, value, social, and health related.