Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health applications may provide potential tools to support healthy aging. Promoting mHealth use by the elderly remains an imperative to realize health improvement.

Objective

The research aimed to identify the relationship between personality traits and the intention to use mHealth applications among the elderly in mainland China.

Methods

Using a multi-stage sampling method, a cross-sectional survey of 3,712 older adults across China was obtained out of 3,721 (validity rate was 99.76%) in 2022. The effect of personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among older adults was analyzed by multiple linear regression. The independent variable was the personality, using the short version of the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI-10). The depen

SUBMITTER: Chang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821963 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature