Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Human Factors
Date Submitted: Jun 9, 2020
Date Accepted: Dec 23, 2020
Mobile health applications and health management behaviors: A cost/benefits approach
ABSTRACT
Background:
Rising criticisms about the effectiveness and risks associated with the growing use of mobile health, applications necessitate a critical perspective regarding the effectiveness of the link between use of mobile health applications, health attitudes and health behaviors.
Objective:
we introduce a “costs/benefits” perspective to examine how health situational effects including health crises, health changes and hospitalization affect the likelihood to adopt lifestyle and health management behaviors.
Methods:
A sample of 1495 US adults (PEW, 2012) and a set of multiple regression models
Results:
while the use of mobile health applications empowers users to reconsider health concerns, reach health decisions and seek further consultation yet, the existence of situational effects moderates the empowering effect of applications and decreases the likelihood of adopting health management behaviors
Conclusions:
a costs/benefits perspective captures the push/pull factors associated with the effectiveness of mobile applications use in-home care in order to properly address the costs and benefits of mobile applications use and support home care services.
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