OBJECTIVES To gain an understanding of elderly people's fear of falling by exploring the prevalence and determinants of perceived and physiological fall risk and to understand the role of disparities in perceived and physiological risk in the cause of falls. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Community sample drawn from eastern Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 500 men and women aged ...

this article proposes a revised technology acceptance model to measure customers ‘acceptance of internet banking, in iran. this study uses the technology acceptance model, theory of planned behavior and theory of perceived risk to build a comprehensive model. we designed a questionnaire and used it to survey a randomly selected sample of customers of internet banking, and in june 2010, a sample...

The paper proposes a unified risk-benefit analysis framework for investigating consumers’ adoption of mobile payment technology. Based on perceived risk theory and risk-benefit analysis literature, the proposed framework integrates three variables—perceived risk, perceived benefit and perceived value, to predict consumers’ intention to use mobile payment. All the proposed hypotheses are well su...

OBJECTIVE To examine perceived risk of developing diabetes in primary care patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We recruited 150 nondiabetic primary care patients. We made standard clinical measurements, collected fasting blood samples, and used the validated Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes questionnaire. RESULTS Patients with high perceived risk were more likely than those ...

A dynamic discrete time model is estimated in order to analyze the evolution of perceived risk around a hazardous waste site and its effect on property values. Residential property values are modeled as a function of housing attributes and perceived risk to health from a nearby hazardous waste site using an hedonic price framework. Perceived risk enters the model as a state equation, which incl...

This review summarizes and synthesizes research findings on risk perception and risk communication related to cancer screening behaviors. The focus is on cancers for which there is evidence that screening reduces mortality, i.e., cervical, breast, and colorectal cancers. The following questions are addressed: 1) Is perceived risk associated with relevant cancer screening behaviors? 2) What fact...

Risk is an inherent factor in the traveler's choice of destination. Tourism destinations differ in many aspects including their location, economic condition, cultural and political status and crime. Given such differences, the analysis of destination risk and its dimensions is of substantial interest. The current study explores the risk factors perceived about Iran as a tourism destination usin...