Of the surveyed individuals with disabilities, those with impairments related to seeing, using arms, walking, and fatigue/stamina reported greater difficulty with finding mHealth apps that work for them. This statistic shows the level of ease of finding appropriate mHealth apps among surveyed individuals with disabilities in the United States, by functional disability category, as of August 2017.
Ease of finding useable and effective mHealth apps for disabled Americans as of 2017, by functional disability category*
* The Consumer Advisory Network is a nationwide sample of over 1500 individuals with disabilities, representing a broad spectrum of vision, hearing, dexterity/mobility,intellectual/cognitive, and communication difficulties.
Ease index calculated based on a 5-point scale rating from "very difficult" to "very easy".
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (March 14, 2018). Ease of finding useable and effective mHealth apps for disabled Americans as of 2017, by functional disability category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135413/health-apps-ease-among-us-persons-with-disabilities/
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "Ease of finding useable and effective mHealth apps for disabled Americans as of 2017, by functional disability category*." Chart. March 14, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135413/health-apps-ease-among-us-persons-with-disabilities/
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2018). Ease of finding useable and effective mHealth apps for disabled Americans as of 2017, by functional disability category*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135413/health-apps-ease-among-us-persons-with-disabilities/
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "Ease of Finding Useable and Effective Mhealth Apps for Disabled Americans as of 2017, by Functional Disability Category*." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135413/health-apps-ease-among-us-persons-with-disabilities/
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Ease of finding useable and effective mHealth apps for disabled Americans as of 2017, by functional disability category* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135413/health-apps-ease-among-us-persons-with-disabilities/ (last visited August 17, 2022)
