Facilitators and barriers to the adoption of mHealth apps for COVID-19 contact tracing: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the enormous potential of mobile health (mHealth) apps for COVID-19 contact tracing, the adoption rate in most countries remains low. Thus, the objective of the current study is to identify facilitators and barriers of mHealth apps adoption for COVID-19 contact tracing based on existing studies.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of mHealth studies before December 2021 that evaluate facilitators and barriers associated with the adoption of mHealth apps for COVID-19 contact tracing. We assessed the risk of bias for all included studies using the Cochrane tool. We based our narrative synthesis on the facilitators-barriers to the adoption of mHealth framework comprising seven key factors.

Results

A total of 27 articles were reviewed from 16 count

SUBMITTER: Sujarwoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10740170 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature