Mobile health apps to facilitate self-care: A qualitative study of user experiences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Anderson, Kevin ^a   Burford, Oksana ^a   Emmerton, Lynne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; BEHCET DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH APPLICATION; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE APPLICATION RATING SCALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEVICES; INTERVIEW; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970946071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156164     Document Type: Article

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