Table 4.
Use of mobile phone for health by programme (health and non-health)
| Variable | Responses | Department | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-health Programmes | Health Programmes | Total | p-value | ||
| n = 274 (%) | n = 410 (%) | n = 684 (%) | |||
| Use of mHealth in the past 12 months | No | 147 (53.6) | 236 (57.6) | 383 (56) | .313 |
| Yes | 127 (46.3) | 174 (42.4) | 301 (44) | ||
| Frequency of mHealth use | many times, a day | 64 (23.4) | 112 (27.3) | 176 (25.7) | |
| at least once a day | 18 (6.6) | 87 (21.2) | 105 (15.3) | .001* | |
| at least a week | 62 (22.6) | 87 (21.2) | 149 (21.8) | ||
| at least once a month/at least once in three months | 130 (47.4) | 124 (30.2) | 254 (37.1) | ||
| Health information sought | Primary healthcare service (diagnosis, health advice and treatment) | 142 (51.8) | 253 (61.7) | 395 (57.7) | .025* |
| Health education/information | 132 (48.2) | 157 (38.3) | 289 (42.2) | ||
| Source of mHealth information | 17 (6.2) | 62 (15.1) | 79 (11.5) | .001* | |
| 73 (26.6) | 135 (32.9) | 208 (30.4) | |||
| 51 (18.6) | 63 (15.4) | 114 (16.7) | |||
| snapchat | 20 (7.3) | 22 (5.4) | 42 (6.1) | ||
| 22 (8) | 27 (6.6) | 49 (7.2) | |||
| YouTube | 91 (33.2) | 101 (24.6) | 192 (28.1) | ||
| mHealth service use | Text messages | 196 (71.5) | 295 (71.9) | 491 (71.8) | .905 |
| Direct consultation over mobile phone | 78 (28.5) | 115 (28) | 193 (28.2) | ||
*statistically significant at p <0.05