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. 2018 Jun 19;18:764. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5641-0

Table 4.

Usage of Smartphone Health & Medical Applications according to health status

Health status Having smartphone p-value
Yes No
N % n %
Total 590 57.4 438 42.6
Obesity and overweight
 No 513 87.0 415 94.8 < 0.01
 Yes 77 13.0 23 5.3
 • Using beauty counselling app 19 24.7
 • Using nutrition counselling app 25 32.5
Having acute symptoms in the last four weeks
 No 506 85.8 418 95.4 < 0.01
 Yes 84 14.2 20 4.6
 • Using disease prevention counselling app 36 42.9
 • Using disease treatment counselling app 33 39.3
Having chronic diseases in the last three months
 No 401 68.0 423 96.6 < 0.01
 Yes 189 32.0 15 3.4
 • Using disease prevention counselling app 45 23.8
 • Using disease treatment counselling app 40 21.2