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Objectives: To explore the awareness and use of health applications among general public in Najran city, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional used convenience random sampling technique to select 351 participants of general population of Najran City. They answered an electronic survey to collect data on their socio-demographic characteristics and the types of mobile applications they used. The data were analyzed using SPSSS version 24. Results: The majority of study participants were male (76.6%) and were aged between 21 and 30 years (53.8%). The majority of participants (97.7%) owned a smartphone, but the mobile applications they used the most were social media applications (68.4%) and that the usage of health applications was very low (15.1%). Of those that were used, the most common were fitness and exercise apps (83.9%), diet and nutrition apps (5.6%), body mass index apps (3.7.%), and quit-smoking apps (5.6%). Conclusion: The use of social media applications was significantly higher than the use of health applications among study participants. Despite the growing number of Health apps, the level of awareness and usability of such apps was still relatively low. In order to increase the use of health apps among public, it is important to first increase awareness and knowledge of these apps benefit on health.
目的:探讨沙特阿拉伯纳吉兰市公众对卫生应用的认识和使用情况。方法:采用描述性横断面抽样方法,从纳季兰市普通人群中抽取351人。他们回答了一项电子调查,以收集他们的社会人口特征和他们使用的移动应用程序类型的数据。使用spss version 24分析数据。结果:研究对象以男性为主(76.6%),年龄在21 ~ 30岁之间(53.8%)。大多数参与者(97.7%)拥有智能手机,但他们使用最多的移动应用程序是社交媒体应用程序(68.4%),健康应用程序的使用率非常低(15.1%)。在这些应用中,最常见的是健身和锻炼应用(83.9%)、饮食和营养应用(5.6%)、体重指数应用(3.7%)和戒烟应用(5.6%)。结论:社交媒体应用程序的使用显著高于健康应用程序的使用。尽管健康应用越来越多,但人们对这些应用的认识和可用性仍然相对较低。为了增加公众对健康应用程序的使用,重要的是首先要提高对这些应用程序对健康有益的认识和知识。
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