Chinese Therapeutic Massage: Patient’s Demands and Behavioral Intention
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 7
Abstract
Abstract:Purpose of the study was to investigate the purpose of visitors to the Chinese Therapeutic Massage (CTM) shops and factor that affecting such visiting. Base on the theory of planned behavior, we collected 248 valid questionnaires to assess the hypotheses. The results showed that: (1) Main purpose of CTM shop visiting are pain relief and fatigue relief. (2) Respondent’s attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control jointly affect the behavioral intention of taking CTM with 47% of variance explained. (3) Perceived behavioral control was the most powerful predictor for CTM behavioral intention, and followed by the subjective norm. The results were consistent with those of the previous studies. The CTM business operator shall pay good attention on the patient’s social network such as family members, friends in work places for the possible impacts on their choice of this kind. Keywords:Chinese Therapeutic Massage; Traditional Physical Massage, Theory of Planned Behavior; Pain relief
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Sen-Jih Chen, Wen-Shen Ho, Frank Pan
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