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Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions

BACKGROUND: This research aims to assess the users’ perceptions of usability and quality of mobile health applications used for promoting physical activity in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. A survey was developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) a...

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Autores principales: Al Ansari, Fatimah Salah, Alfayez, Asma, Alsalman, Demah, Alanezi, Fahad, Alhodaib, Hala, Al-Rayes, Saja, Aljabri, Duaa, Alrawiai, Sumaiah, Alakrawi, Zahraa, Saadah, Amjad, Al-Juwair, Mona M, Aljaffary, Afnan, AlThani, Bashair, Mushcab, Hayat, Alanzi, Turki M, AlNujaidi, Heba, Al-Saif, Atheer K, Attar, Razaz, Alumran, Arwa, Al-Mubarak, Sama'a, Alyousef, Seham
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35348719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac008
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author Al Ansari, Fatimah Salah
Alfayez, Asma
Alsalman, Demah
Alanezi, Fahad
Alhodaib, Hala
Al-Rayes, Saja
Aljabri, Duaa
Alrawiai, Sumaiah
Alakrawi, Zahraa
Saadah, Amjad
Al-Juwair, Mona M
Aljaffary, Afnan
AlThani, Bashair
Mushcab, Hayat
Alanzi, Turki M
AlNujaidi, Heba
Al-Saif, Atheer K
Attar, Razaz
Alumran, Arwa
Al-Mubarak, Sama'a
Alyousef, Seham
author_facet Al Ansari, Fatimah Salah
Alfayez, Asma
Alsalman, Demah
Alanezi, Fahad
Alhodaib, Hala
Al-Rayes, Saja
Aljabri, Duaa
Alrawiai, Sumaiah
Alakrawi, Zahraa
Saadah, Amjad
Al-Juwair, Mona M
Aljaffary, Afnan
AlThani, Bashair
Mushcab, Hayat
Alanzi, Turki M
AlNujaidi, Heba
Al-Saif, Atheer K
Attar, Razaz
Alumran, Arwa
Al-Mubarak, Sama'a
Alyousef, Seham
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description BACKGROUND: This research aims to assess the users’ perceptions of usability and quality of mobile health applications used for promoting physical activity in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. A survey was developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) and distributed among the Saudi population through social media to assess the users’ perceptions of using mobile applications to enhance physical activity. The survey questionnaire consisted of 27 questions in six sections, including demographics (nine items), perceived usefulness (three items), perceived ease of use (three items), attitudes (three items), user experience (six items) and subjective quality (three items). All the participants were in Saudi Arabia and >15 y of age. RESULTS: A total of 195 m-Health users participated in the survey. Of the total participants, 25.1% were overweight and 21.0% were obese. The workout frequency of most users was rarely (32.3%) and three to four times a week (29.2%). In addition, 55.9% of the users agreed that the application they use served all fitness levels and >80% either agreed or strongly agreed that it was easy for them to learn how to use the application. More than 70% of users agreed or strongly agreed that the application enhanced their knowledge of workouts and physical activity and >90% would recommend the application to others. There were no differences identified between the male and female participants and younger (<40 y) and older (>40 y) participants with respect to perceived usefulness and ease of use, attitudes, experiences and subjective quality. However, significant differences were observed between participants <40 y and >40 y of age in terms of perceived ease of use of mHealth applications. CONCLUSION: mHealth users across Saudi Arabia believe that the mHealth applications have good usability and quality factors. As a result, they can motivate people and help them achieve their goals in relation to physical activities.
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spelling pubmed-98085222023-01-04 Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions Al Ansari, Fatimah Salah Alfayez, Asma Alsalman, Demah Alanezi, Fahad Alhodaib, Hala Al-Rayes, Saja Aljabri, Duaa Alrawiai, Sumaiah Alakrawi, Zahraa Saadah, Amjad Al-Juwair, Mona M Aljaffary, Afnan AlThani, Bashair Mushcab, Hayat Alanzi, Turki M AlNujaidi, Heba Al-Saif, Atheer K Attar, Razaz Alumran, Arwa Al-Mubarak, Sama'a Alyousef, Seham Int Health Original Article BACKGROUND: This research aims to assess the users’ perceptions of usability and quality of mobile health applications used for promoting physical activity in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. A survey was developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) and distributed among the Saudi population through social media to assess the users’ perceptions of using mobile applications to enhance physical activity. The survey questionnaire consisted of 27 questions in six sections, including demographics (nine items), perceived usefulness (three items), perceived ease of use (three items), attitudes (three items), user experience (six items) and subjective quality (three items). All the participants were in Saudi Arabia and >15 y of age. RESULTS: A total of 195 m-Health users participated in the survey. Of the total participants, 25.1% were overweight and 21.0% were obese. The workout frequency of most users was rarely (32.3%) and three to four times a week (29.2%). In addition, 55.9% of the users agreed that the application they use served all fitness levels and >80% either agreed or strongly agreed that it was easy for them to learn how to use the application. More than 70% of users agreed or strongly agreed that the application enhanced their knowledge of workouts and physical activity and >90% would recommend the application to others. There were no differences identified between the male and female participants and younger (<40 y) and older (>40 y) participants with respect to perceived usefulness and ease of use, attitudes, experiences and subjective quality. However, significant differences were observed between participants <40 y and >40 y of age in terms of perceived ease of use of mHealth applications. CONCLUSION: mHealth users across Saudi Arabia believe that the mHealth applications have good usability and quality factors. As a result, they can motivate people and help them achieve their goals in relation to physical activities. Oxford University Press 2022-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9808522/ /pubmed/35348719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac008 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Al Ansari, Fatimah Salah
Alfayez, Asma
Alsalman, Demah
Alanezi, Fahad
Alhodaib, Hala
Al-Rayes, Saja
Aljabri, Duaa
Alrawiai, Sumaiah
Alakrawi, Zahraa
Saadah, Amjad
Al-Juwair, Mona M
Aljaffary, Afnan
AlThani, Bashair
Mushcab, Hayat
Alanzi, Turki M
AlNujaidi, Heba
Al-Saif, Atheer K
Attar, Razaz
Alumran, Arwa
Al-Mubarak, Sama'a
Alyousef, Seham
Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title_full Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title_fullStr Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title_full_unstemmed Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title_short Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
title_sort using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35348719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac008
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