Steriani Elavsky|David Šmahel|Hana Machá?ková
Who are mobile app users from healthy lifestyle websites? Analysis of patterns of app use and user characteristics
Masaryk University|Masaryk University|Masaryk University
use online communities websites health information proliferated along use mobile apps managing health behaviors diet exercise scarce evidence available date suggests users websites apps differ significant ways nonusers data come us ukbased populations study recruited users nutrition weight management fitnessoriented websites czech republic better understand uses mobile apps including user sociodemographic psychological profiles respondents aged 1339 provided information app use online survey n 669 age 2406 sd 523 84 female among users interested health topics respondents using apps managing nutrition weight fitness n 403 60 often female reported frequent smartphone use expert phone skills logistic regression models controlling sociodemographics web phone activity mhealth app use predicted levels excessive exercise 1346 95 ci 10611707 p 01 among app users found differences types apps used gender age weight status controlling sociodemographics web phone use drive thinness predicted frequency use apps healthy eating 014 p 05 keeping diet 027 p 001 losing weight 033 p 001 whereas excessive exercise predicted use apps keeping diet 018 p 01 losing weight 012 p 05 managing sportexercise 028 p 001 sensation seeking negatively associated frequency use apps maintaining weight 013 p 05 data unveil user characteristics mhealth app users nutrition weight management fitness websites helping inform subsequent design mhealth apps mobile intervention strategies