Table 5.

Summary of the mentioned benefits and risks associated with using health care apps in newspaper articles.

Benefits and risks mentioned in newspaper articles		Frequency, n (%)
		United Kingdom	United States
Benefits (n=222)		n=151	n=71
	Personalized care	88 (58.3)	36 (50.7)
	Public/patient access to health information	25 (16.6)	7 (9.9)
	Improved health outcomes for public/patients	20 (13.2)	12 (16.9)
	Communication between public/patients and health care providers	7 (4.6)	7 (9.9)
	Public/patient satisfaction	6 (4.0)	7 (9.9)
	Economic benefit to society	2 (1.3)	1 (1.4)
	Communication among public/patients	1 (0.7)	1 (1.4)
	Communication among health care providers	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Other	2 (1.3)	0 (0.0)
Risks (n=60)		n=36	n=24
	Anxiety	15 (41.7)	5 (20.8)
	Confidentiality	16 (44.4)	9 (37.5)
	Deterioration of outcome	2 (5.6)	10 (41.7)
	Other	3 (8.3)	0 (0.0)