Who is Tracking Health on Mobile Devices: Behavioral Logfile Analysis in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Health apps on mobile devices provide an unprecedented opportunity for ordinary people to develop social connections revolving around health issues. With increasing penetration of mobile devices and well-recorded behavioral data on such devices, it is desirable to employ digital traces on mobile devices rather than self-reported measures to capture the behavioral patterns underlying the use of mobile health (mHealth) apps in a more direct and valid way. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to (1) assess the demographic predictors of the adoption of mHealth apps; (2) investigate the temporal pattern underlying the use of mHealth apps; and (3) explore the impacts of demographic variables, temporal features, and app genres on the use of mHealth apps. METHODS:Logfile data of

SUBMITTER: Guan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6552450 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature