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2012 IEEE Symposium on Humanities, Science and Engineering Research Factors Influencing The Thai Elderly Intention to Use Smartphone for e-Health Services Waransanang Boontarig, Wichian Chutimaskul, Vithida Chongsuphajaisiddhi and Borworn Papasratorn Requirements Engineering Laboratory, School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University Of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand E-mail:st.sit.kmutt.ac.th, wichian@sit.kmutt.ac.th, vithida@sit.kmutt.ac.th, borworn@sit.kmutt.ac.th Abstract— Technology can help persuade people to change For elderly were born in an era when personal computers their attitudes or behaviors. Elderly population is not familiar were not yet commonplace; therefore, it can be expected that with information technology but e-Health services can help the elderly population have less familiarity with information people maintain a healthy lifestyle. In order for the elderly to get technology when compared to the younger generation [3]. If benefits from e-Health services, they need to change their users do not have good understanding of any given attitudes or behaviors. To make this change, it is necessary to technology, they may not have interest to use product from persuade the elderly to embrace the use of smartphone. This that technology. This unfamiliarity decreases penetration of research investigated factors that influence the elderly’s intention smartphone in aging community. It is therefore becomes to use e-Health services via a smartphone. Ac