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March 5, 2026JMIR mhealth and uhealth2 citationsOpen Access

Patient and Clinician Attitudes Toward Mobile Health Apps: Qualitative Study

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CJCornelius A JamesSFSteven S. FuSYSarah Yon

Key Points

  • The study aims to understand the attitudes of patients and clinicians toward mobile health apps, particularly in older adults.
  • Conducted qualitative interviews with patients and clinicians
  • Analyzed responses to identify shared views and perceptions
  • Explored the impact of clinician perceptions on older patients' adoption of apps
  • Patients and clinicians recognize similar benefits of mHealth apps.
  • Clinicians may underestimate older patients' interest and ability to use mHealth apps.
  • Negative clinician perceptions could lead to lower recommendations and adoption rates among older adults.

Abstract

Understanding patient and clinician views about mHealth apps provides critical insights for developing approaches to facilitate their use. These findings suggest patients and clinicians share similar views about the benefits of mHealth apps. Nonetheless, clinicians' perceptions about older patients' interest and ability to use mHealth apps may negatively impact recommendation of mHealth apps and subsequent adoption by older adults.

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James et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a91f0ad6127c7a504c27eahttps://doi.org/10.2196/77519
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