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. 2025 Oct 2;13:e20130. doi: 10.7717/peerj.20130

Table 4. Future use of a mobile application for chronic disease monitoring by PC teams according to age, sex, daily app usage, and skill (n = 523).

Characteristic Would you use a mobile app to monitor your chronic diseases with the primary care team? P value
No (n = 320) Yes (n = 203)
D. you consider yourself skilled in handling apps?, n (%)
No 212 (66.25) 44 (21.67) <0.001
Regular 69 (21.56) 57 (28.08)
Yes 38 (11.88) 102 (50.25)
Do you use apps daily?, n (%)
No 199 (62.19) 19 (9.36) <0.001
Yes 73 (22.81) 154 (75.86)
Yes, texts only 48 (15.00) 29 (14.29)
Age (years)
Mean (SD) 76.6 (10.9) 66.4 (10.7) <0.001
Median (IQR) 79.0 (13.0) 66.0 (12.0)
Range 21.0–99.0 21.0–95.0
Sex, n (%)
Male 155 (48.44) 111 (54.68) 0.200
Female 165 (51.56) 92 (45.32)