Usability of a Consumer Health Informatics Tool Following Completion of a Clinical Trial: Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to be effective tools for encouraging patients with chronic diseases to self-manage their health. The success of mHealth apps is related to technology acceptance and its subsequent use by intended consumers. Therefore, it is essential to gain insights from consumers' perspectives about their use of mHealth apps in daily life.

Objective

The purpose of this work was to understand consumers' perspectives on use of a self-management app following completion of a clinical trial that tested the efficacy of the app for improving health outcomes.

Methods

We conducted five focus groups with paricipants of a clinical trial (NCT03182738) who were randomized to use the video information provider (VIP) for HIV-associated n

SUBMITTER: Cho H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature