THE E-HEALTH IN COVID-19
In the global coronavirus outbreak in 2019 (COVID-19), clinical care providers are simultaneously using e-health to replace face-to-face contact to reduce the risk of infection, and many clinical care providers in affected countries have closed their doors and tried to replace some of the face-to-face contact with e-health for patients [52]. COVID-19 enabled widespread acceptance of e-health by health professionals and patients, creating a win-win situation for both. To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries relaxed their e-health regulations and e-health services were launched to provide solutions for screening, triage and remote monitoring [16, 23, 41].
Elahi et al [17] extended traditional technology acceptance models with the construct of COVID-19 anxiety. The results show that COVID-19 anxiety has a positive effect on patients’ attitudes towards e-health services and on their intention to use the services, thus demonstrating the positive effect of COVID-19 anxiety.