The Impact of Individuals' Social Environments on Contact Tracing App Use: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The German Corona-Warn-App (CWA) is a contact tracing app to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2. As of today, it has been downloaded approximately 45 million times.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the influence of (non)users' social environments on the usage of the CWA during 2 periods with relatively lower death rates and higher death rates caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal survey study in Germany with 833 participants in 2 waves to investigate how participants perceive their peer groups' opinion about making use of the German CWA to mitigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2. In addition, we asked whether this perceived opinion, in turn, influences the participants with respect to their own decision to use the CWA. We analyzed these q

SUBMITTER: Sadeghi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature