A qualitative study of user perceptions of mobile health apps

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Participant demographics and smartphone and app usage

All participant demographics and smartphone and app usage
Gender
Female		n = 30 (65%)
Age^a		M = 37.2, SD = 15.7
18–25 years old		n = 17 (40%)
26–50 years old		n = 15 (36%)
Over 50 years old		n = 10 (24%)
Race
Caucasian		n = 27 (61%)
Asian		n = 10 (23%)
African American		n = 6 (14%)
Hispanic		n = 1 (2%)
Participants with prior health app usage^b		n = 25 (57%)
Phone type
iOS		n = 27 (61%)
Android		n = 15 (34%)
Blackberry		n = 2 (5%)
Average number of apps^c		31–40
Average length of smartphone usage		32 months
Average number of apps used weekly^d		6–10
Average daily app usage^e		61–90 min
Participants who never paid for an app		n = 34 (77%)
Characteristics of focus group participants
	Students	Non-Students
Number of focus groups	2	4
Gender	11 female; 6 male	18 female; 4 male
Age	18–23 years	30–67 years
Education level	Some high school to post graduate education
Characteristics of interview participants
Number of interviews	5
Gender	1 female; 4 male
Age	34–56 years
Education level	Some college or technical schooling

^aTwo participants did not disclose age
^bAlthough after later 2014, most smart phones have pre-installed health apps, data of this study was collected in early 2014, and thus almost half of the participants did not have health apps
^cParticipants were asked to indicate number of apps they owned based on a provided scale. This scale included a range of number of apps (for example: 1–5, 6–10, etc.) This number indicates the average range selected by participants
^dParticipants were asked to indicate number of apps used weekly based on a provided scale. This scale included a range of number of apps (for example: 1–5, 6–10, etc.) This number indicates the average range selected by participants
^eParticipants were asked their average daily app use based on a provided scale. This scale included a range of minutes (for example: 0–30, 31–60, etc.) This number indicates the average range selected by participants

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