Factors Related to mHealth App Use Among Japanese Workers: Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care providers can make health guidance more effective by using mobile health technologies such as health apps. Although health care providers need to know who uses health apps, existing studies have yielded inconsistent results.

Objective

The aim of the study was (1) to clarify the prevalence and patterns of health app use to improve health behaviors for preventing lifestyle-related diseases among Japanese workers and (2) to identify the associations among demographic characteristics, health behavior, and internet use and health app use by gender.

Methods

Data were collected from a cross-sectional internet survey in 2023. In total, 2200 participants were included, with an even distribution of men and women in each age group aged 20 to 60 years. The

SUBMITTER: Ozaki I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549587 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature