Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study

Gallagher, Robyn; Parker, Helen; Zhang, Ling; Kirkness, Ann; Roach, Kellie; Belshaw, Julie; Glinatsis, Helen; Gallagher, Patrick; Neubeck, Lis

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.178

Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study

Gallagher, Robyn; Parker, Helen; Zhang, Ling; Kirkness, Ann; Roach, Kellie; Belshaw, Julie; Glinatsis, Helen; Gallagher, Patrick; Neubeck, Lis

Authors

Robyn Gallagher

Helen Parker

Ling Zhang

Ann Kirkness

Kellie Roach

Julie Belshaw

Helen Glinatsis

Patrick Gallagher

Prof Lis Neubeck L.Neubeck@napier.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Background:
Widespread availability of mobile technologies offers the opportunity to support secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) via mobile apps, however, the target audience and their app preferences are unknown. This study aims to identify the potential audience for an Australian CHD specific app and their recommendations and preferences.

Methods:
A two-phase mixed methods study: Phase 1: CHD patients (n = 282) were surveyed on mobile app engagement. Phase 2: Four focus groups with regular app users (n = 12) identified preferences and recommendations generated after using a CHD-specific publicly available app (MyHeartMyLife) for 2 weeks. Data were thematically analysed.

Results:
Survey participants were aged ≥56 years (238/282, 84.4%) and male (204/282, 72.3%). More than one third (108/282, 38.3%) were regular app users, of whom 83/108, (76.9%) used health apps. Regular app users were more likely to be

Citation

Gallagher, R., Parker, H., Zhang, L., Kirkness, A., Roach, K., Belshaw, J., …Neubeck, L. (2020). Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29(5), 696-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.178

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 17, 2019
Online Publication Date	Jun 10, 2019
Publication Date	2020-05
Deposit Date	Nov 24, 2019
Journal	Heart, Lung and Circulation
Print ISSN	1443-9506
Electronic ISSN	1444-2892
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	29
Issue	5
Pages	696-702
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.178
Keywords	Mobile apps, Technology, Coronary heart disease, Secondary prevention
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1966642