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Critically ill emergency patients and those who were involved in medical disputes were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measure<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The behavioural intention and usage behaviour of older patients with chronic diseases to use digital health technologies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The explanatory power of the proposed model for behavioural intention was 72.9%. There is a significant negative association between technology anxiety and the intention to use digital health technologies among older patients with chronic diseases (\u03b2=\u22120.224, p&lt;0.001); effort expectancy (\u03b2=0.530, p&lt;0.001) and performance expectancy (\u03b2=0.193, p&lt;0.001) were also significantly associated with intention to use digital health technologies. Men (\u03b2=\u22120.104, p=0.016), relatively younger (\u03b2=\u22120.061, p=0.005), with experience in using digital health technologies (\u03b2=\u22120.452, p&lt;0.001) were more likely to translate behavioural intention into use behaviour.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acceptance of digital health technologies among older patients with chronic diseases was associated with a combination of internal and external factors, with the former playing a dominant role. 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