Table 2.
Patient attitudes towards medical apps.
| Characteristic | Values (N=193) | |
| Patients believing medical apps are helpful for their health, n (%) | 132 (68.4) | |
| Patients willing to transfer app data for research purposes, n (%) | 188 (97.4) | |
| Patients willing to transfer data to physician with app, n (%) | 110 (57.0) | |
| Reason for not willing to transfer data to physician with app, n (%)a |
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I don't have a suitable device | 13 (15.7) |
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I don't have the technical skills | 23 (27.7) |
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I have concerns about data usage | 33 (39.8) |
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I have concerns about data storage | 31 (37.3) |
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I have concerns about data transfer | 42 (50.6) |
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I have concerns about data protection | 24 (28.9) |
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I only want personal contact with physician | 53 (63.9) |
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I don't find this useful | 11 (13.3) |
| Patients who want to be contacted in case of app-monitoring abnormalities | 174 (90.2) | |
| Patients interested to compare medication adherence to other patients, n (%) | 54 (28.0) | |
| Patients who want official app recommendations from national society of rheumatology, n (%) | 146 (75.6) | |
| Preferred frequency of app usage, n (%) |
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Not at all | 64 (33.2) |
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Daily | 11 (5.7) |
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Weekly | 59 (30.6) |
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Monthly | 37 (19.2) |
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Each 3 months | 18 (9.3) |
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Less frequently | 4 (2.1) |
| Preferred time of app usage (minutes), n (%) |
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Not at all | 64 (33.2) |
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0-5 | 45 (23.3) |
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5-15 | 65 (33.7) |
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15-30 | 18 (9.3) |
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>30 | 1 (0.5) |
| Importance of app characteristics (0-10), mean (SD) |
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Interactivity | 4.5 (2.9) |
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Design | 4.7 (3.2) |
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Usability | 8.5 (2.5) |
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Data security | 8.9 (2.5) |
aMultiple answers were possible.