Characterizing Digital Communication Device Use Among Young People From 4 European Countries: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Our findings provide novel information on digital communication device use by young people. We identified differences between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics that warrant further investigation. These results can be used as a point of reference for digital communication devices in public health research, including health communication strategies and epidemiological research.
Authors
- Arno Thielens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-6382)
- Adriana Fernandes Veludo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-7128)
- Patricia de Llobet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-7057)
- James Grellier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-7479)
- Milena Maria Maule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-1288)
- Mònica Guxens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-0333)
- Maria-Jose Lopez
- Sam Aerts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7444-4312)
- Martin Röösli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-1531)
- Maja Beck Popovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4500-6572)
- Matthew Stamets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8702-9233)
- Gabriella Tognola
- Leanne Martin
- Kinga Polanska
- Wout Joseph
- Joe Wiart
- Robin Wydaeghe
- Gemma Castaño-Vinyals
- Marta Parazzini
Institutions
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- Télécom Paris (FR)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (PL)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Hospital de Sant Pau (ES)
- Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (ES)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IT)
- CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (US)
- Piedmont Reference Center for Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention (IT)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona (ES)
- Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l’Information (FR)
- Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (ES)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- The Hague University of Applied Sciences (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/76767
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00