Barriers to and Facilitators of the Prescription of mHealth Apps in Australian General Practice: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ubiquity of smartphones and health apps make them a potential self-management tool for patients that could be prescribed by medical professionals. However, little is known about how Australian general practitioners and their patients view the possibility of prescribing mobile health (mHealth) apps as a nondrug intervention.

Objective

This study aimed to determine barriers and facilitators to prescribing mHealth apps in Australian general practice from the perspective of general practitioners and their patients.

Methods

We conducted semistructured interviews in Australian general practice settings with purposively sampled general practitioners and patients. The audio-recorded interviews were transcribed, coded, and thematically analyzed by two researcher

SUBMITTER: Byambasuren O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426799 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature