在六个欧洲国家试点推出癌症意识应用程序:前后研究
Furqan Ahmed1, Silvana Melissa Romero Saletti2, Erica D'Souza3
1Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
Frontiers in public health
|October 15, 2025
概括
欧盟癌症预防移动应用程序适度提高了癌症意识,特别是在数字健康素养 (DHL) 较低的用户中. 需要进行改进,以提高应用程序的可用性,并确保所有用户的公平访问.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
- 预防癌症 预防癌症
背景情况:
- 癌症是欧洲的主要公共卫生问题,移动健康应用程序显示了提高风险和预防意识的潜力.
- 然而,可用性问题和数字健康素养 (DHL) 的差异可能会阻碍这些移动健康干预措施的有效性.
研究的目的:
- 评估欧盟癌症预防移动应用程序的可用性,并评估癌症意识的变化.
- 检查DHL和社会人口统计因素的变化如何影响六个欧洲国家的应用程序可用性和癌症意识结果.
主要方法:
- 一项前后研究设计,涉及使用前调查的328名参与者和使用后调查的77名参与者.
- 用户可用性使用系统可用性量表 (SUS) 进行测量,癌症意识使用18项试题,DHL使用eHEALS工具进行测量.
- 统计分析包括t测试和ANOVA,以在不同组之间比较可用性和癌症意识得分.
主要成果:
- 该应用程序实现了中等的整体可用性 (SUS分数为62.56),在人口统计或使用子组之间没有显著差异.
- 癌症意识得分从50.45显著提高到53.31 (p < 0.001),在DHL较低和高等教育的人群中获得了最显著的收益.
- 在应用程序使用的频率或持续时间和癌症意识改善的程度之间没有发现相关性.
结论:
- 欧盟癌症预防移动应用程序显示了提高癌症意识的潜力,尽管目前的可用性适度.
- 需要改进的关键领域包括应用程序导航,设置流程和低DHL用户的内容个性化.
- 优化这些方面对于提高用户参与度和确保应用程序公平地覆盖所有人群至关重要.
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