Yesterday the Pew Internet & American Life Project released their report on the current intersection of mobile phones and health information. \u00a0The data in the report came from a survey of just over 3000 individuals conducted over August and September of this year. \u00a0Read on for what I considered to be some of the most interesting tidbits in the report.
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Pew found that since the survey had last been conducted, two years ago, that the number of people using a mobile device to access health information had almost doubled – from 17 to 31% of cell phone users. \u00a0When type of cell phone was limited to smartphone users only, unsurprisingly the percentage of people reporting looking for health information from their device\u00a0jumped to 52%. \u00a0Interestingly, in terms of using apps on a smartphone, survey responses indicated that one in five smartphone users had actively downloaded an app to their device. \u00a0Of those individuals, only 19% reported that they had downloaded an health related app. \u00a0The most frequently reported type of health app downloaded had to do with monitoring and tracking diet, exercise and\/or weight. \u00a0The full report includes full text responses from users describing what health apps they downloaded, on page 14.<\/p>\n
Link to the full report:\u00a0http:\/\/pewinternet.org\/~\/media\/\/Files\/Reports\/2012\/PIP_MobileHealth2012.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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