A Study to Determine the Most Popular Lifestyle Smartphone Applications and Willingness of the Public to Share Their Personal Data for Health Research

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 655-665

  Chen, Juliana ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

apps; data access; data sharing; m health; public health; smartphone

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DISEASES; HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ACCESS; DATA SHARING; HEALTH AND FITNESS APPS; MHEALTH; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; UNIVERSITY SETTINGS; WILLINGNESS TO SHARE;

SURVEYS;

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981313175     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0159     Document Type: Article

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