Mobile health applications: awareness, attitudes, and practices among medical students in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The popularity of mobile health (mHealth) applications (or apps) in the field of health and medical education is rapidly increasing, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to assess awareness, attitudes, practices, and factors associated with the mHealth app usage among medical students.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study involving medical students at a government university in Sarawak, Malaysia, from February to April 2021. Validated questionnaires were administered to all consenting students. These questionnaires included questions on basic demographic information as well as awareness, attitude toward, and practices with mHealth apps concerned with medical education, health and fitness, and COVID-19 management.

Results

Respondents had

SUBMITTER: Jembai JVJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9282901 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature