Prevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Perceived Impacts of Mobile Health App Use Amongst Chinese Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

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dc.contributor.authorXie, Zhenzhen
dc.contributor.authorNacioglu, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorOr, Calvin
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-08T14:11:36Z
dc.date.available2020-06-08T14:11:36Z
dc.date.issued0000-00-00
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Mobile health apps have changed the way people obtain health information and services and advance their understanding and management of their health Although many health apps are available little is known about the prevalence of their use for different purposes whether such use is associated with demographic characteristics and the impacts of their use on health knowledge and management OBJECTIVE The main objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence extent and demographic correlates of health app use and the perceived impacts of health app use on increased health knowledge and improved health condition management METHODS We conducted a cross sectional questionnaire survey of 633 Chinese adults randomly drawn from the general population in Hong Kong RESULTS Of the 633 participants 612 96 7 reported using mobile devices Of them 235 38 4 reported using multiple types of health apps The most used type of health app was about healthy living information 197 612 32 2 followed by measuring recording vital signs 80 612 13 1 health and medical reminders 64 612 10 5 recovery and rehabilitation information 42 612 6 9 diagnosis assistance 28 612 4 6 emergency services 16 612 2 6 telehealth 11 612 1 8 and other 19 612 3 1 Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that health app users were more likely to be women odds ratio OR 1 68 95 CI 1 14 2 48 P 01 of a higher self rated social class OR 3 66 95 CI 1 11 12 11 P 03 Participants who worked in education culture academia OR 2 31 95 CI 1 16 4 59 P 02 or disciplinary forces OR 5 07 95 CI 1 25 20 62 p 02 were more likely to believe that using health apps could increase their health knowledge participants working in education culture academia were also more likely to believe that using health apps could improve the effectiveness of health condition management OR 2 18 95 CI 1 10 4 34 P 03 CONCLUSIONS Effort should be made to promote health app use especially to demographic groups that are currently less likely to use health apps eg males individuals from lower social classes From the public health perspective guidelines could be developed to help individuals identify quality health apps that meet their needs Moreover app developers could improve the usability of health apps to promote health app use
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.9002
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.digitalsquare.io/handle/123456789/62509
dc.relation.uriJMIR mHealth and uHealth
dc.titlePrevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Perceived Impacts of Mobile Health App Use Amongst Chinese Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.en
dcterms.abstractBACKGROUND Mobile health apps have changed the way people obtain health information and services and advance their understanding and management of their health Although many health apps are available little is known about the prevalence of their use for different purposes whether such use is associated with demographic characteristics and the impacts of their use on health knowledge and management OBJECTIVE The main objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence extent and demographic correlates of health app use and the perceived impacts of health app use on increased health knowledge and improved health condition management METHODS We conducted a cross sectional questionnaire survey of 633 Chinese adults randomly drawn from the general population in Hong Kong RESULTS Of the 633 participants 612 96 7 reported using mobile devices Of them 235 38 4 reported using multiple types of health apps The most used type of health app was about healthy living information 197 612 32 2 followed by measuring recording vital signs 80 612 13 1 health and medical reminders 64 612 10 5 recovery and rehabilitation information 42 612 6 9 diagnosis assistance 28 612 4 6 emergency services 16 612 2 6 telehealth 11 612 1 8 and other 19 612 3 1 Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that health app users were more likely to be women odds ratio OR 1 68 95 CI 1 14 2 48 P 01 of a higher self rated social class OR 3 66 95 CI 1 11 12 11 P 03 Participants who worked in education culture academia OR 2 31 95 CI 1 16 4 59 P 02 or disciplinary forces OR 5 07 95 CI 1 25 20 62 p 02 were more likely to believe that using health apps could increase their health knowledge participants working in education culture academia were also more likely to believe that using health apps could improve the effectiveness of health condition management OR 2 18 95 CI 1 10 4 34 P 03 CONCLUSIONS Effort should be made to promote health app use especially to demographic groups that are currently less likely to use health apps eg males individuals from lower social classes From the public health perspective guidelines could be developed to help individuals identify quality health apps that meet their needs Moreover app developers could improve the usability of health apps to promote health app use
dcterms.contributorXie, Zhenzhen
dcterms.contributorNacioglu, Ahmet
dcterms.contributorOr, Calvin
dcterms.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.9002
dcterms.relationJMIR mHealth and uHealth
dcterms.titlePrevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Perceived Impacts of Mobile Health App Use Amongst Chinese Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.en
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