What to build for middle-agers to come? Attractive and necessary functions of exercise-promotion mobile phone apps: A cross-sectional study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Liao, Gen Yih ^a,b   Chien, Yu Tai ^c   Chen, Yu Jen ^a   Hsiung, Hsiao Fang ^d   Chen, Hsiao Jung ^d   Hsieh, Meng Hua ^a   Wu, Wen Jie ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumer preference; Middle aged; Mobile application; Physical exercise; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048477625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6233     Document Type: Article

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