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  • Digital Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Patient Empowerment

Background:

  • Limited adoption of health apps despite increasing availability.
  • Unclear motivations and impact on patient empowerment and patient-Healthcare Professional (HCP) relationships.
  • Need for understanding user experiences to improve health app integration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Explore motivations for health app usage.
  • Investigate the impact of health apps on patient empowerment.
  • Analyze patient-HCP interactions related to health app use.

Main Methods:

  • Online survey of 133 patients from Amsterdam University Medical Center.
  • Logistic regression to identify motivations for health app usage.
  • Descriptive statistics for patient empowerment and patient-HCP interaction.

Main Results:

  • 46% of patients use health apps, primarily for Movement/Sport, Vital Functions, and Sleep.
  • Users value access to health data and are more certain of app usefulness.
  • Non-users are motivated by health information, data access, and symptom tracking.
  • 60% of users discussed app outcomes with HCPs, enhancing empowerment and treatment participation.

Conclusions:

  • Health app use correlates with perceived data importance and confidence in usefulness.
  • Apps offering health insights, data access, and symptom tracking can drive adoption.
  • HCPs should discuss health app relevance to encourage non-user engagement and integration into practice.