Unraveling the Factors Associated With Digital Health Intervention Uptake: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) remain a leading health challenge worldwide, and reducing modifiable lifestyle risk factors is a key prevention strategy. Digital health interventions (DHIs) offer scalable, cost-effective tools to support healthy behaviors, but concerns persist about their equitable reach and uptake across population groups.

Objective

This study aimed to examine how socioeconomic factors, health status, lifestyle behaviors, and attitudes and experiences related to the use of electronic services (e-services) are associated with the uptake of a DHI.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we invited (through mail or SMS) a subgroup of 6978 participants aged 20-74 years from the population-based Healthy Finland survey to take part in a D

SUBMITTER: Ruotsalainen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728403 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature