Smartphone mobile application delivering personalized, real-time sun protection advice: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mobile smartphones are rapidly emerging as an effective means of communicating with many Americans. Using mobile applications (apps), they can access remote databases, track time and location, and integrate user input to provide tailored health information.

Objective

A smartphone mobile app providing personalized, real-time sun protection advice was evaluated in a randomized clinical trial.

Design, setting, and participants

The trial was conducted in 2012 and had a randomized pretest-posttest controlled design with a 10-week follow-up. Data were collected from a nationwide population-based survey panel. A sample of 604 non-Hispanic and Hispanic adults from the Knowledge Panel 18 years or older who owned an Android smartphone were enrolled.

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SUBMITTER: Buller DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431912 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature