Table 2.
Multivariate analyses of factors associated with willingness to adopt mHealth among Chinese parents (N=254).
| Variable | Willingness to adopt mHealtha, n (%) | Crude ORb (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| No | Yes | |||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18-25 | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) | 1 | 1 | N/Ac | |
| 26-35 | 37 (18.7) | 161 (81.3) | 11.591 (1.805-74.448) | 8.114 (1.471-44.764) | .02 | |
| ≥36 | 9 (22.5) | 31 (77.5) | 12.513 (1.362-114.971) | 5.794 (0.841-39.913) | .07 | |
| Attention to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| Low | 13 (59.1) | 9 (40.9) | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| Moderate | 14 (26.4) | 39 (73.6) | 13.113 (2.119-84.124) | 8.753 (2.009-38.127) | .004 | |
| High | 25 (14) | 154 (86) | 31.889 (6.395-159.020) | 22.194 (5.509-89.411) | <.001 | |
| The recommendation about mHealth received from | ||||||
| Media (phone message, internet, TV program) | 19 (24.4) | 59 (75.6) | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| Medical health providers | 14 (14.3) | 84 (85.7) | 4.710 (1.382-16.049) | 4.257 (1.439-12.596) | .009 | |
| Presence of chronic disease in children | ||||||
| No | 3 (3.8) | 75 (96.2) | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| Yes | 49 (27.8) | 127 (72.2) | 30.571 (5.552-168.331) | 20.844 (4.600-94.443) | <.001 | |
| Duration of daily internet use (hours) | ||||||
| <2 | 12 (54.5) | 10 (45.5) | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| 4-6 | 16 (12.9) | 108 (87.1) | 6.860 (1.591-29.575) | 6.487 (1.870-22.495) | .003 | |
| >6 | 5 (10) | 45 (90) | 6.794 (1.141-40.455) | 8.766 (1.883-40.804) | .006 | |
| Use of mHealth before the COVID-19 outbreak | ||||||
| No | 45 (24.6) | 138 (75.4) | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| Yes | 7 (9.9) | 64 (90.1) | 3.759 (1.185-11.928) | 3.413 (1.234-9.444) | .02 | |
amHealth: mobile health.
bOR: odds ratio.
cN/A: not applicable.