Users’ adoption of mental health apps: Examining the impact of information cues

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Huang, Hsiao Ying ^a   Bashir, Masooda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Mental health; Mobile app search; Recommendation system; User interaction design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042131696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6827     Document Type: Article

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