Table 3.
Smartphone apps expectations and concerns by age class.
Total | 18–24 years | 25–34 years | 35–44 years | 45–54 years | 55–64 years | 65 years or over | Global p-value | |
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A | B | C | D | E | F | |||
What are your main expectations from mobile health apps? | ||||||||
N = 1,529 | N = 102 | N = 337 | N = 350 | N = 306 | N = 265 | N = 169 | ||
Assessing of your physical activity | 836 (54.7%) | 65 (63.7%) | 194 (57.6%) | 218 (62.3%) | 164 (53.6%) | 122 (46.0%) | 73 (43.2%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | E F | E F | E F | – | A B C | A B C | |
Monitoring your energy intake | 430 (28.1%) | 34 (33.3%) | 95 (28.2%) | 112 (32.0%) | 83 (27.1%) | 68 (25.7%) | 38 (22.5%) | 0.181 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Weight loss monitoring | 577 (37.7%) | 49 (48.0%) | 154 (45.7%) | 140 (40.0%) | 116 (37.9%) | 76 (28.7%) | 42 (24.9%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | E F | E F | E F | F | A B C | A B C D | |
Maintaining/improving your health | 502 (32.8%) | 35 (34.3%) | 102 (30.3%) | 116 (33.1%) | 107 (35.0%) | 92 (34.7%) | 50 (29.6%) | 0.702 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Monitoring your sleep | 474 (31.0%) | 52 (51.0%) | 115 (34.1%) | 119 (34.0%) | 94 (30.7%) | 65 (24.5%) | 29 (17.2%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | B C D E F | A F | A F | A F | A | A B C D | |
Assessing the quality of your food | 698 (45.7%) | 50 (49.0%) | 151 (44.8%) | 168 (48.0%) | 140 (45.8%) | 127 (47.9%) | 62 (36.7%) | 0.195 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
A meditation tool | 272 (17.8%) | 22 (21.6%) | 62 (18.4%) | 66 (18.9%) | 55 (18.0%) | 47 (17.7%) | 20 (11.8%) | 0.362 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Weight maintenance monitoring | 240 (15.7%) | 12 (11.8%) | 50 (14.8%) | 61 (17.4%) | 42 (13.7%) | 47 (17.7%) | 28 (16.6%) | 0.549 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Period or pregnancy tracking | 216 (14.1%) | 48 (47.1%) | 92 (27.3%) | 64 (18.3%) | 12 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | B C D E F | A C D E F | A B D E F | A B C E F | A B C D | A B C D | |
No expectations | 120 (7.8%) | 4 (3.9%) | 17 (5.0%) | 8 (2.3%) | 27 (8.8%) | 34 (12.8%) | 30 (17.8%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | F | E F | D E F | C F | B C | A B C D | |
Monitoring a chronic condition | 82 (5.4%) | 4 (3.9%) | 15 (4.5%) | 19 (5.4%) | 23 (7.5%) | 15 (5.7%) | 6 (3.6%) | 0.427 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Weight gain monitoring | 81 (5.3%) | 8 (7.8%) | 17 (5.0%) | 25 (7.1%) | 15 (4.9%) | 8 (3.0%) | 8 (4.7%) | 0.245 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
What are your main concerns about using health–related mobile apps? | ||||||||
N = 1,529 | N = 102 | N = 337 | N = 350 | N = 306 | N = 265 | N = 169 | ||
The frequency of adverts | 713 (46.6%) | 56 (54.9%) | 154 (45.7%) | 171 (48.9%) | 142 (46.4%) | 119 (44.9%) | 71 (42.0%) | 0.370 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Protection of your personal data | 566 (37.0%) | 22 (21.6%) | 112 (33.2%) | 140 (40.0%) | 127 (41.5%) | 94 (35.5%) | 71 (42.0%) | 0.002 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | C D F | – | A | A | – | A | |
Lack of reliability | 362 (23.7%) | 37 (36.3%) | 118 (35.0%) | 77 (22.0%) | 65 (21.2%) | 43 (16.2%) | 22 (13.0%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | C D E F | C D E F | A B | A B | A B | A B | |
Location tracking | 311 (20.3%) | 19 (18.6%) | 66 (19.6%) | 91 (26.0%) | 60 (19.6%) | 46 (17.4%) | 29 (17.2%) | 0.080 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
The need to create a personal account | 282 (18.4%) | 20 (19.6%) | 64 (19.0%) | 66 (18.9%) | 45 (14.7%) | 54 (20.4%) | 33 (19.5%) | 0.574 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Too time–consuming | 251 (16.4%) | 17 (16.7%) | 50 (14.8%) | 57 (16.3%) | 55 (18.0%) | 55 (20.8%) | 17 (10.1%) | 0.082 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Poorly designed interface | 220 (14.4%) | 20 (19.6%) | 60 (17.8%) | 58 (16.6%) | 41 (13.4%) | 35 (13.2%) | 6 (3.6%) | <0.001 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | F | F | F | F | F | A B C D E | |
Does not meet your needs | 201 (13.1%) | 26 (25.5%) | 48 (14.2%) | 36 (10.3%) | 38 (12.4%) | 36 (13.6%) | 17 (10.1%) | 0.003 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | C D F | – | A | A | – | A | |
Not useful | 160 (10.5%) | 14 (13.7%) | 38 (11.3%) | 30 (8.6%) | 29 (9.5%) | 27 (10.2%) | 22 (13.0%) | 0.514 |
Significant difference with other age class | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Global p-value, when significant; Age classes, Significant difference with other age classes; N = number of participants per age class.