Table 2.
Responses to health app use, frequency, and perceived efficacy by chronic condition (N=1604).
| Variable | No condition | Hypertension | Obesity | Diabetes | Depression | High cholesterol | P value | |||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||||
| Number of health apps | <.001 | |||||||||||||
| 1-5 apps | 314 (38.9) | 24 (6.6) | 34 (17.2) | 16 (9.8) | 69 (25.8) | 88 (27.6) | ||||||||
| 6-10 apps | 55(6.8) | 2(0.5) | 12 (6.1) | 2 (1.0) | 15 (5.6) | 18 (5.6) | ||||||||
| 11-15 apps | 52 (6.4) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.2) | 6 (2.2) | 4 (1.3) | ||||||||
| 16-20 apps | 77 (9.5) | 4 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.2) | 4 (1.5) | 5 (1.6) | ||||||||
| Frequency of health app use | .001 | |||||||||||||
| Less than once a month | 32 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (5.6) | 9 (2.8) | ||||||||
| A few times a month | 34 (4.2) | 6 (1.60) | 4 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (3.0) | 16 (5.0) | ||||||||
| A few times each week | 119 (14.70) | 7 (1.9) | 10 (5.1) | 5 (3.1) | 21 (7.9) | 33 (10.3) | ||||||||
| About 1 time each day | 211 (26.1) | 10 (2.7) | 11 (5.6) | 5 (3.1) | 28 (10.5) | 34 (10.7) | ||||||||
| 2 or more times a day | 172 (21.3) | 10 (2.7) | 26 (13.1) | 20 (12.3) | 32 (12.0) | 53 (16.6) | ||||||||
| Duration of health app use | .17 | |||||||||||||
| 1-10 min | 312 (38.7) | 78 (21.4) | 52 (26.3) | 33 (20.2) | 77 (28.8) | 66 (20.7) | ||||||||
| 11-30 min | 339 (42.0) | 50 (13.7) | 47 (23.7) | 32 (19.6) | 48 (18.0) | 55 (17.2) | ||||||||
| More than 30 min | 72 (8.9) | 27 (7.4) | 20 (10.1) | 20 (12.3) | 25 (9.4) | 24 (7.5) | ||||||||
| Perceived efficacy of health apps | .13 | |||||||||||||
| Made my health worse | 20 (2.5) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.9) | ||||||||
| Did not help at all | 51 (6.3) | 15 (4.1) | 15 (7.6) | 14 (8.6) | 9 (3.4) | 6 (1.9) | ||||||||
| Just a little improved | 164 (20.3) | 47 (12.9) | 43 (21.7) | 43 (26.4) | 25 (9.4) | 21 (6.6) | ||||||||
| Somewhat | 237 (29.4) | 47 (12.9) | 38 (19.2) | 45 (27.6) | 43 (16.1) | 24 (7.5) | ||||||||
| Very much improved | 215 (26.6) | 44(12.1) | 47 (23.7) | 46 (28.2) | 41 (15.4) | 31 (9.7) | ||||||||
| Reason for health app download | ||||||||||||||
| Track activity or exercise I get | 370 (45.8) | 97 (26.6) | 77 (38.9) | 53 (32.5) | 82 (30.7) | 92 (28.8) | .06 | |||||||
| Help me watch/improve what I eat | 335 (41.5) | 85 (23.4) | 76 (38.4) | 52 (31.9) | 90 (33.7) | 72 (22.6) | .00 | |||||||
| Weight loss | 333 (41.3) | 77 (21.2) | 80 (40.4) | 49 (30.1) | 86 (32.2) | 66 (20.7) | .01 | |||||||
| Track a health measure | 189 (23.4) | 60 (16.5) | 38 (19.2) | 42 (25.8) | 50 (18.7) | 54 (16.9) | .04 | |||||||
| Help me relax | 143 (17.7) | 3 (0.8) | 8 (4.0) | 6 (3.7) | 17 (6.4) | 33 (10.3) | .01 | |||||||