Table 5.

Identified Benefits of mHealth Use

Benefits	Quotes
New, innovative, and up to date	Interviewer: Why do you laugh when I show you that? (showing paper survey) Participant: ‘Cause this is antiquated.
Easy to use and fun	Interviewer: And why do you think that it was easy? Participant: Because I can do it and I have never done it before. (Translated from Spanish) Interviewer: And what was your favorite part about using it? Participant: Feeling that I am learning to use it.
Need to learn eventually because it will inevitably be used more	I think [the] iPad is probably good to get used to. Yes, my son always tells me: “Mom, learn how to use a phone like this, a digital one”. Oh no! I want mine, the old little one. But it is good to know. (Translated from Spanish)
Easier to correct mistakes than paper	… the pen and paper, if you make a mistake you got to, you know, more or less correct it and I usually always make some kind of little mistake. On this you can just change it. I liked that.
More secure than paper	If I have an iPad, I save my information, I put a password on it; that I only know. And in another form… It’s like with a credit card; if only you know your code, no one is going to take out your money. (Translated from Spanish)
Clearer to see and easier to provide answers legibly	I liked it because it was easier to read, easier… easier to move the… Sometimes your writing is not clear and that makes it clear. … the print usually is small and you can adjust it on the tablet.
More practical and efficient	Because in many occasions you have little time to be there at your appointments and so it is faster and more practical to use the iPad. And then, a lot of times you don’t bring… there isn’t a pen or pencil available, and so it is very easy to use… You don’t need paper, you don’t need a pen. (Translated from Spanish)