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. 2020 Dec 17;8(12):e24693. doi: 10.2196/24693

Table 4.

Attitudes toward mHealth interventions for COVID-19 testing and tracking to help slow the spread of the virus, stratified by mental health–relateda chronic diseases and overweight/obese.

Questions and responses Mental health-related chronic disease P valueb Overweight/obese P valueb

No Yes
No Yes

Total, %c (95% CI) Total, % (95% CI)
Total, % (95% CI) Total, % (95% CI)
How likely would be to participate in installing an app on your phone that asks you questions about your own symptoms and provides recommendations about COVID-19? <.001

.54


Extremely/very 21.6 (20.4-22.8) 22.8 (20.2-25.7)
21.6 (20.2-23.0) 22.2 (20.4-24.1)

Moderately 20.2 (19.0-21.5) 24.7 (21.8-27.7)
21.3 (19.9-22.8) 20.1 (18.3-21.9)

Not likely 58.6 (56.7-59.6) 52.5 (49.2-55.8)
57.1 (55.4-58.7) 57.7 (55.5-59.9)
How likely would you be to participate in installing an app on your phone that tracks your location and sends push notifications if you might have been exposed to COVID-19? <.001

.04

Extremely/very 23.6 (22.4-24.9) 26.7 (23.9-29.7)
23.1 (21.7-24.5) 26.1 (24.2-28.1)

Moderately 19.2 (18.1-20.4) 23.4 (20.6-26.5)
19.9 (18.7-21.3) 19.7 (18.0-21.6)

Not likely 57.2 (55.7-58.6) 49.9 (46.6-53.2)
57.0 (55.3-58.6) 54.2 (52.0-56.3)
How likely would you be to participate in using a website to log your symptoms and location and get recommendations about COVID-19? .01

.26

Extremely/very 20.9 (19.7-22.1) 22.5 (19.9-25.4)
21.2 (19.9-22.6) 21.0 (19.3-22.8)

Moderately 22.9 (21.6-24.1) 26.9 (24.1-30.0)
22.8 (21.4-24.3) 24.8 (22.9-26.8)

Not likely 56.3 (54.8-57.7) 50.5 (47.2-53.8)
55.9 (54.3-57.6) 54.2 (52.0-56.4)

aMental health–related chronic disease include at least 1 mental health condition.

bRefers to Chi-square P values.

cAbsolute n values are not displayed due to the inclusion of survey weights to provide nationally representative estimates.