Investigating the effective factors of using mHealth apps for monitoring COVID-19 symptoms and contact tracing: A survey among Iranian citizens.

Adult COVID-19 Contact Tracing Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Iran Middle Aged SARS-CoV-2 Telemedicine
COVID-19 Contact-tracing App Digital health Telecommunications Telemedicine eHealth mHealth Apps

Journal

International journal of medical informatics
ISSN: 1872-8243
Titre abrégé: Int J Med Inform
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 9711057

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 2021
Historique:
received: 08 01 2021
revised: 21 05 2021
accepted: 06 09 2021
pubmed: 20 9 2021
medline: 9 10 2021
entrez: 19 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The use of mHealth applications depends on cognitive and social factors of individuals in different nations. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing the use of mHealth applications for both "contact-tracing" and "symptom-monitoring" of COVID-19 among Iranian citizens. A cross-sectional study with an online survey was conducted among Iranian citizens. Correlation calculation and multiple linear regression analysis were performed on the studied variables to find the effective factors. A total of 1031 Iranian citizens over the age of 18 participated in this survey. A large percentage of the participants wanted to use the mHealth app to trace contacts of COVID-19 (74.5%) and the mHealth app to identify and monitor COVID-19 symptoms (74.0%). Gender, age, level of education, attitude towards technology, and fear of COVID-19 were among the factors that influenced the intention to use these two apps. The top reasons for using these apps were: "to keep myself and my family safe", "to control the spread of the coronavirus in general", and "to cooperate with healthcare professionals". The reasons given for not using these two apps were related to the issues of "security and privacy" and "doubt in efficiency and usefulness" of them. The study showed that many participants in this survey were interested in using the COVID-19 apps. Policies, regulations and procedures are needed to protect the privacy of individuals by ensuring data governance. Further investigation with a larger sample is suggested to generalize these results.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
The use of mHealth applications depends on cognitive and social factors of individuals in different nations. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing the use of mHealth applications for both "contact-tracing" and "symptom-monitoring" of COVID-19 among Iranian citizens.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study with an online survey was conducted among Iranian citizens. Correlation calculation and multiple linear regression analysis were performed on the studied variables to find the effective factors.
RESULTS
A total of 1031 Iranian citizens over the age of 18 participated in this survey. A large percentage of the participants wanted to use the mHealth app to trace contacts of COVID-19 (74.5%) and the mHealth app to identify and monitor COVID-19 symptoms (74.0%). Gender, age, level of education, attitude towards technology, and fear of COVID-19 were among the factors that influenced the intention to use these two apps. The top reasons for using these apps were: "to keep myself and my family safe", "to control the spread of the coronavirus in general", and "to cooperate with healthcare professionals". The reasons given for not using these two apps were related to the issues of "security and privacy" and "doubt in efficiency and usefulness" of them.
CONCLUSIONS
The study showed that many participants in this survey were interested in using the COVID-19 apps. Policies, regulations and procedures are needed to protect the privacy of individuals by ensuring data governance. Further investigation with a larger sample is suggested to generalize these results.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104571 PMID: 34537686 PMC: PMC8425635
pubmed: 34537686
pii: S1386-5056(21)00197-0
doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104571
pmc: PMC8425635
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

104571

Commentaires et corrections

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Auteurs

Rezvan Rahimi (R)

Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Batoul Khoundabi (B)

Iran Helal Institute of Applied-Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran; Research Center for Health Management in Mass Gathering, Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran.

Akram Fathian (A)

Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address: fathian@sbmu.ac.ir.

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