Perception and Attitude Towards Mobile Health Applications in Physical and Rehabilitation Department, Determinant of the Users in Intention to Install and Use the Applications on their Devices

The importance of mobile health application has significantly increased over the past, and many people are getting on board in using the same to improve their healthcare conditions specially who visiting Physical and rehabilitation department. The present study explored the attitude and perception of patients towards the use of the technology. Also, the study examined the determinants' of the patients' intention to install and use the mobile health application on their devices-smartphones, computers, and tablets. A total sample of 144 respondents was used. Descriptive and Chi-Square analysis technique was used to explore the data. The results of the study reported positive attitude concerning the reliability of the application in providing healthcare information (46.15%), and ease of the technology in delivering healthcare services (51%). Additionally, the majority of the patients from Physical and rehabilitation department strongly agreed that they would install the application in their devices (96.5%). The Chi-Square results further reported that intention to install and use the app was significantly related with perception about the reliability of the information, and perceived ease or difficulty in using the same. The study concluded that the general attitude of the mobile health application is positive, although studies examining specific forms are required to eliminate the ambiguous nature of the currently available information.