Table 6.
COVID-19–related characteristics and intention to use apps among survey participants (N=1148).
| Variable and intention to use app | Participants, n (%) | Epidemiological investigation app | Self-management app for self-isolation | Self-route management app | COVID-19 symptom management app | |||||
|
|
|
Meana (SD) | P value | Mean (SD) | P value | Mean (SD) | P value | Mean (SD) | P value | |
| Presence of underlying disease | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 1053 (91.7) | 3.908 (0.871) |
.003 b | 3.944 (0.871) |
.03 | 3.816 (0.900) |
.02
|
3.885 (0.899) |
.04
|
|
|
Yes | 95 (8.3) | 4.168 (0.794) |
|
4.158 (0.719) |
|
4.021 (0.850) |
|
4.095 (0.787) |
|
| Self-isolation experience | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 1057 (92.1) | 3.923 (0.868) |
.28 | 3.953 (0.869) |
.29 | 3.836 (0.898) |
.65 | 3.900 (0.896) |
.68 |
|
|
Yes | 91 (7.9) | 4.000 (0.869) |
|
4.066 (0.757) |
|
3.791 (0.901) |
|
3.934 (0.854) |
|
| COVID-19 test experience | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 974 (84.8) | 3.941 (0.842) |
.75 | 3.977 (0.841) |
.41 | 3.857 (0.857) |
.27 | 3.912 (0.868) |
.97 |
|
|
Yes | 174 (15.2) | 3.862 (0.999) |
|
3.874 (0.965) |
|
3.695 (1.088) |
|
3.851 (1.020) |
|
| COVID-19 confirmed person | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 1144 (99.7) | 3.929 (0.868) |
.96 | 3.960 (0.860) |
.17 | 3.836 (0.895) |
.12 |
3.904 (0.892) |
.26 |
|
|
Yes | 4 (0.3) | 4.000 (0.816) |
|
4.500 (1.000) |
|
3.000 (1.414) |
|
3.500 (1.000) |
|
| Family or friends with confirmed COVID-19 | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 1070 (93.2) | 3.937 (0.851) |
.72 | 3.959 (0.858) |
.49 |
3.823 (0.900) |
.15 | 3.901 (0.891) |
.71 |
|
|
Yes | 78 (6.8) | 3.821 (1.066) |
|
4.000 (0.912) |
|
3.962 (0.860) |
|
3.923 (0.908) |
|
| Occupations that are easily exposed to COVID-19 | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 786 (68.5) | 3.926 (0.852) | .55 |
3.961 (0.844) |
.64 | 3.836 (0.867) | .63 | 3.912 (0.851) |
.91 |
|
|
Yes | 362 (31.5) | 3.936 (0.902) |
|
3.964 (0.897) |
|
3.826 (0.962) |
|
3.881 (0.976) |
|
| A company with good COVID-19 prevention | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 259 (22.6) | 3.950 (0.841) | .74 |
4.042 (0.813) |
.11 |
3.876 (0.797) |
.58 | 3.969 (0.830) |
.23 |
|
|
Yes | 889 (77.4) | 3.924 (0.876) |
|
3.938 (0.874) |
|
3.820 (0.925) |
|
3.883 (0.909) |
|
| COVID-19–related app experience | ||||||||||
|
|
No | 929 (80.9) | 3.896 (0.876) |
.004 | 3.931 (0.877) | .02 | 3.799 (0.895) | .002 | 3.875 (0.896) | .02 |
|
|
Yes | 219 (19.1) | 4.073 (0.815) |
|
4.091 (0.779) |
|
3.977 (0.896) |
|
4.018 (0.867) |
|
aRespondents’ intention to use response values for each app, measured on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = “very unwilling” to 5 = “very willing.”
bItalicized values indicate statistical significance.