| Creators: | Schroeder, Tanja and Seaman, Karla and Nguyen, Amy and Gewald, Heiko and Georgiou, Andrew |
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| Title: | Social Determinants of Mobile Health App Adoption - A Qualitative Study of Older Adults' Perceptions in Australia |
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: | Conference on Context Sensitive Health Informatics (CSHI) |
| Event Location: | Sydney, AUS |
| Event Dates: | July, 5-6, 2023 |
| Projects: | IDI |
| Page Range: | pp. 81-85 |
| Additional Information: | Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
| Date: | 2023 |
| Divisions: | Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): | Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) can provide effective selfmanagement instruments for patients and offer advanced approaches to treatment. However, little is known about how the older population perceives the opportunity of using mHealth apps as a non-drug intervention. We aimed to identify the opinions and experiences of older people in Australia and gain new insights into their engagement with this modern approach to health treatment. We conducted a qualitative study with 21 Participants to explore users' perspectives on adopting and using mHealth apps and their awareness of the social factors influencing their uptake. The results show that a trusting doctor-patient relationship positively affects older adults’ perceptions of mHealth apps. Consequently, the social influence of the General Practitioner (GP) plays a crucial role in the use of mHealth apps, while the social influence through family and friends seems to be less critical. |
| Forthcoming: | No |
| Language: | English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mobile health apps ; adoption behavior ; social influence ; trust |
| Link eMedia: | Download |
| Citation: | Schroeder, Tanja and Seaman, Karla and Nguyen, Amy and Gewald, Heiko and Georgiou, Andrew (2023) Social Determinants of Mobile Health App Adoption - A Qualitative Study of Older Adults' Perceptions in Australia. In: Conference on Context Sensitive Health Informatics (CSHI), July, 5-6, 2023, Sydney, AUS, pp. 81-85. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; 304). ISBN 9781643683997 |
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