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mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3091) Engagement with and Adherence to Digital Health Interventions, Law of Attrition (536) Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts (295) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3147) Focus Groups and Qualitative Research for Human Factors Research (1020) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1564) Evaluation and Research Methodology for mHealth (219) Behavior Change (768) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (394) Use and User Demographics of mHealth (365) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1079)

Published on in Vol 9, No 12 (2021): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29098, first published .
Perceptions of Factors Influencing Engagement With Health and Well-being Apps in the United Kingdom: Qualitative Interview Study

Perceptions of Factors Influencing Engagement With Health and Well-being Apps in the United Kingdom: Qualitative Interview Study

Perceptions of Factors Influencing Engagement With Health and Well-being Apps in the United Kingdom: Qualitative Interview Study

Authors of this article:

Dorothy Szinay1 Author Orcid Image ;   Olga Perski2 Author Orcid Image ;   Andy Jones3 Author Orcid Image ;   Tim Chadborn4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jamie Brown2, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Felix Naughton1 Author Orcid Image
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