Impact of Smartphones on Quality of Life: A Health Information Behavior Perspective

Ghahramani, Fereshteh; Wang, Jingguo

doi:10.1007/s10796-019-09931-z

Impact of Smartphones on Quality of Life: A Health Information Behavior Perspective

Published: 03 June 2019

Volume 22, pages 1275–1290, (2020)
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Healthcare is the sector that was significantly changed by the arrival of mobile devices. This study investigates how an individual using smartphones impact quality of life by changing his or her health information behavior. Our results show that individuals with a smartphone are more likely to seek and track their health information than those who with a regular cell phone, and consequently, the former experience a better quality of life. Moreover, using smartphone more likely leads to seek health information for care-givers than non-caregivers, as well as for the younger individuals than the older.

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Ghahramani, F., Wang, J. Impact of Smartphones on Quality of Life: A Health Information Behavior Perspective. Inf Syst Front 22, 1275–1290 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-019-09931-z

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Published: 03 June 2019
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