Table 2.
Current and past use of mobile phone apps for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (N=358).
| Use of mobile phone appsa | n (%) | |
| Purposes for the use of a mobile phoneb (n=358) |
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Text messages and calls | 341 (95.3) |
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Internet access | 328 (91.6) |
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Games | 115 (32.1) |
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Social networking sites (eg, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram) | 289 (80.78) |
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Other apps | 196 (54.7) |
| Knowledge about mHealth apps for self-management of RMDs (n=355) |
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Yes | 188 (53.0) |
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No | 167 (47.0) |
| Current use of an app for RMD self-management (n=188) |
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Yes | 79 (42.0) |
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No | 109 (58.0) |
| Frequency of use of an app for RMD self-management (n=67) |
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On a daily basis | 20 (29.9) |
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On a weekly basis | 21 (31.3) |
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On a monthly basis | 8 (11.9) |
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Less than once monthly | 3 (4.6) |
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Intermittently | 15 (22.4) |
| Past use of an app (n=106) |
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Yes | 44 (41.5) |
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No | 62 (58.5) |
| Duration of use (n=41) |
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Less than 3 months | 31 (75.6) |
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3-6 months | 8 (19.5) |
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More than 6 months | 2 (4.9) |
| Reason for discontinuing useb (n=37) |
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I did not find it/them useful for my condition | 24 (64.9) |
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I feel it did not benefit my overall health | 16 (43.2) |
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I found it/them too time-consuming | 15 (40.5) |
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I got bored | 11 (29.7) |
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I did not like the design or user interface | 10 (27.0) |
aThe n in parentheses represent the total number of participants who answered each question
bTotal is greater than 100% because multiple choices were possible.