Read and accepted? Scoping the cognitive accessibility of privacy policies of health apps and websites in three European countries

• Published in: Digital health Vol. 9; p. 20552076231152162
• Main Authors: Neal, David, Gaber, Sophie, Joddrell, Phil, Brorsson, Anna, Dijkstra, Karin, Dröes, Rose-Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: adoption; cognition; cognitive accessibility; controlled study; cross-sectional study; digital health; human; language; Language policy; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mobile device apps; Netherlands; Original Research; Privacy; quantitative analysis; Readability; Reading; Sweden; trust; United Kingdom; universal design; United Kingdom > UK; Mobile device apps; cognitive accessibility; privacy; digital health; universal design

Objective Trust and accessibility are vital to adoption of health and wellness apps. This research scoped three elements of cognitive accessibility of health app privacy policies: availability, ease of navigation, and readability. Methods For this cross-sectional study, quantitative data collected i...