The Correlation between Health Literacy and Behavior for Using Mobile APPs of Health in Outpatients

• Main Authors: ZHENG,QIAO-HAN, 鄭巧函
• Other Authors: HSU, CHE-HAN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4p9pqz

碩士 === 中臺科技大學 === 醫療暨健康產業管理系碩士班 === 107 === Due to raising the health awareness and using the smart phones in modern society, many hospitals begin to develop medical APPs in order to shorten the waiting time and change patient's health behaviors. The purpose of this study was using health literacy to explore the behavior for medical APPs. This study was a cross-sectional design and used online questionnaire survey method. The structural questionnaire included: the basic data of respondents, three dimensions of health literacy and the behavior for using medical APPs. The questionnaire was delivered during April 1 to April 30, 2019 after approval by the Human Body Test Committee （108-25）. It was a convenient sampling method and the subjects were selected outpatients from outdoor of a medical center. The subjects scanned the barcodes on mobile phone and conducted a questionnaire survey. A total of 300 valid questionnaires were collected and descriptive statistics and inferential statistical analysis were performed by using SPSS 25.0 statistical software. The majority of respondents were aged less than 29 years old （53.0%） and using the medical APPs were less than one time for a month （82.0%）. The most frequently used function of medical APPs was hospital registration, followed by the inquiry of waiting time. The results showed age, place of residence, marriage and conscious health were associated with outpatients' use of medical APPs. Stepwise regression analysis showed that disease prevention was a predictive variable, and high-frequency users were 0.6 times more likely to use than low frequency. Outpatients who often use the medical APPs have better cognition to prevent diseases. It is recommended to increase the concept of health care and health promotion to improve the health literacy of outpatients in order to increase usage of medical APPs by patients. Keywords: smart phone, medical APPs, health literacy, health behavior