Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Owners: A National Survey

• Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth Vol. 3; no. 4; p. e101
• Main Authors: Krebs, Paul, Duncan, Dustin T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 04.11.2015; JMIR Publications Inc
• Subjects: Body mass index; Cellular telephones; Diabetes; Education; Ethnicity; Females; Hispanic Americans; Multimedia; Obesity; Original Paper; Overweight; Personal health; Physical fitness; Polls & surveys; Sociodemographics; Telemedicine; New York; United States > US; mobile apps; telemedicine; cell phones

Mobile phone health apps may now seem to be ubiquitous, yet much remains unknown with regard to their usage. Information is limited with regard to important metrics, including the percentage of the population that uses health apps, reasons for adoption/nonadoption, and reasons for noncontinuance of...