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. 2020 Feb 20;8(2):e15935. doi: 10.2196/15935

Table 5.

Other social and organizational factors and their occurrence, with references.

Factor and subthemes References
Policy and regulations

Privacy, security, and medico-legal issues (n=66) [2,3,9,10,37-39,44,47,49,52,53,58-61,65,67,73,77,84,90,95,98,100,102,108, 110,114,117,123,125,127,128,130-132,137,138,140,142-144,149,152,156,158,160-163,167, 172,174,176-178,182-185,189-193]

Clear guidelines, protocols, and policies (n=44) [1,4,5,9,10,34,35,37,42,43,47,51,61,63,64,67,73,76,92,95,102,104,121-124,130, 141,143,145,151,155-157,159,161,162,168,175,176,178,179,190,193]
Culture, attitude, and social influence

Perceptions and attitudes toward technology and mHealtha (n=57) [5,9,10,34,35,37,50,55,58-61,63,64,67,69,83,85,95,97,100,104,107-109,111, 113,116-118,124,125,127,130,132-134,136,138,143,146,147,153,155,157,166,168,173,174, 178,185,186,188,190,191,193,195]

Organizational culture and context (n=21) [37,42,45,63,76,86,95,101,113,124,130,145,148,151,161,165,168,170,176,179,193]

Endorsement, peer influence, and key opinion leaders (n=21) [2,9,38,51,61,67,99,105,113,125,128,132,142,146,161,163,170,175,181,196]

Infringing into personal life (n=6) [47,65,77,161,188,190]
Monetary factors

Funding, reimbursement, and fees (n=51) [2-5,8,9,35,36,39,51,54,56,60,61,64,67,68,70,71,74,77,84,86,91,92,100-102, 119,122,123,128-131,141,143,151,152,156,159,160,162,164,167,168,182,184, 186,191,195]

Tool’s cost (n=35) [1,2,5,9,34,38,39,41,51,53,55,60,61,63,64,67,73,78,84,91,95,110,114,123,130-132,142, 144,147,156,159,177,182,191]
Evidence base

Strength and quality of clinical evidence (n=22) [5,43,55,60,67,69,70,73,84,85,89,108,109,115,155,159,160,162,169,175,186,188]
Awareness

Lack of awareness and promotion (n=20) [2,9,38,43,55,56,61,73,89,120,131,138,149-151,156,168,175,180,182]
User engagement

Involvement in development and planning (n=12) [10,38,52,61,68,72,86,135,169,172,182,183]

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