BİREYLERİN MOBİL SAĞLIK UYGULAMALARINA İLİŞKİN GÖRÜŞLERİ

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 394 - 407, 31.12.2022

Özlem Demir , Dilek Uslu

Abstract

Mobil sağlık, sağlık hizmetleri sunumunun akıllı cihazlar ve mobil teknolojilerle sağlanmasıdır. Mobil sağlık uygulamalarının başarısını etkileyen ve belirleyen en önemli faktörlerden biri de kullanıcılardır. Bu nedenle bu çalışma bireylerin mobil sağlık uygulamalarına ilişkin görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Tanımlayıcı nitelikte olan bu çalışmada örneklem seçimine gidilmemiş olup kartopu örnekleme yöntemi ile 2019 yılında çalışmaya gönüllü olarak katılmayı kabul eden 240 kişiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri sosyo-demografik veri formu ve dört boyuttan oluşan mobil sağlık anket formu ile toplanmıştır. Toplanan veriler SPSS programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Veriler normal dağılım göstermediğinden non-parametrik testler uygulanmıştır. Analizler sonucunda erişilebilirlik, fayda, güven ve kullanılabilirlik boyutlarından oluşan mobil sağlık uygulamalarına ilişkin görüşlerin genel olarak olumlu olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu durum yakın gelecekte nitelik ve nicelik açısından daha gelişmiş mobil teknolojilerin kullanılma oranının yaygınlaşacağını işaret etmektedir. Çalışmada ayrıca mobil sağlık uygulamalarına ilişkin görüşlerin çeşitli demografik faktörlere göre farklılık gösterip göstermediği de incelenmiştir.

Keywords

Sağlık, Teknoloji, Mobil Sağlık,

Opinions of Individuals on Mobile Health Applications

Abstract

Mobile health is the provision of health services with smart devices and mobile technologies. One of the most important factors affecting and determining the success of mobile health applications is users. For this reason, this study was carried out to determine the opinions of individuals about mobile health applications. In this descriptive study, no sample selection was made, and it was carried out with 240 people who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study in 2019 with the snowball sampling method. The data of the study were collected with a socio-demographic data form and a mobile health questionnaire consisting of four dimensions. The collected data were analyzed with the SPSS program. Since the data did not show normal distribution, non-parametric tests were applied. As a result of the analyzes, it has been determined that the views on mobile health applications consisting of accessibility, benefit, trust and usability dimensions are generally positive. This indicates that the rate of using more advanced mobile technologies in terms of quality and quantity will become widespread in the near future. The study also examined whether the views on mobile health applications differ according to various demographic factors.

Keywords

Health, Technology, Mobile Health.,

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