Parental Acceptance of Novel Children's Medical Syringes and Their Influencing Factors

Suwen Luo Pengrui Yang ^*

• Hubei University, Wuhan, China

Background: With the rising global demand for medical syringes among children, the unsuitability of traditional syringes may negatively affect their physical and mental health.Methods: This study integrates the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to survey 455 child guardians on 10 variables influencing their attitudes towards pediatric medical syringes.Results: Results indicate that aesthetic preferences of users significantly influence the price value sensitivity and purchasing decisions of children's guardians. Furthermore, the product's function and price value significantly shape users' behavioural intentions. Technology anxiety and time and error reduction emerge as key factors influencing perceived risks.Conclusions: This study offers product designers crucial insights into purchasing factors for children's medical products, aims to enhance product development and iteration efficiency, and promotes more accurate innovation, decision-making, and communication. Additionally, it proposes new recommendations for ethical and marketing strategies.• Based on a survey of 455 children's caregivers, this study found that aesthetic preference, price value, functionality, and perceived risk are important variables influencing users' attitudes and purchase decisions of children's medical products.• This study fills the research gap on the parents towards children's medical products and their decision-making factors, and bridges the gap between theoretical models and practical applications in the design and marketing of children's medical products.• This research has significantly influenced and improved design innovations, decision-making processes, and marketing strategies for pediatric medical products, increasing caregiver acceptance and satisfaction, leading to better health outcomes for children.