Health apps: a cross-sectional study exploring patient motivations and usage implications
Health apps usage appears to be positively associated with the perceived importance of health data and confidence in usefulness of health apps. Non-users are more likely to adopt health apps if they provide insights into their health, enable earlier access to personal health data, and help in symptom tracking. HCPs should actively engage individuals who do not use health apps in conversations that emphasize the relevance of such tools to patient care outcomes. Future research should support HCPS in developing implementation strategies, to engage non-users and to encourage health app integration in healthcare practice.
Authors
- Matteo Perillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-6258)
- Azam Nurmohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7666-643X)
- Marian Smeulers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-4363)
- Hans J. Meij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8738-901X)
- Ellen M.A. Smets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-8595)
- Susan J. Oudbier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-3161)
Institutions
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Public Health Service of Amsterdam (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- International Institute of Social History (NL)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24227-5
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00