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Possibilities, usage and needs of an app-based health prevention among seafarers

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  • Luciano Arslan
  • Dorothee Dengler
  • Lukas Belz
  • Felix Alexander Neumann
  • Birgit-Christiane Zyriax
  • Volker Harth
  • Marcus Oldenburg

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The present study analyses the technical requirements as well as the user behaviour of seafarers for an app-based health prevention, including apps for wellness, prevention, fitness, medical care and mental well-being. In a maritime field study 976 seafarers on 65 merchant ships participated in the survey carried out with a questionnaire. The vast majority (98.4%) of the respondents had a mobile device on board. 52.5% stated to already have downloaded a health app, with a higher proportion among the officers (adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) 1.67; 95% CI (1.13–2.50)). The most common reasons for downloading this kind of app were activity tracking (74.8%), weight loss (41.8%) and exercise (41.0%). Officers downloaded apps significantly more often for activity tracking (p

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  • Luciano Arslan & Dorothee Dengler & Lukas Belz & Felix Alexander Neumann & Birgit-Christiane Zyriax & Volker Harth & Marcus Oldenburg, 2024. "Possibilities, usage and needs of an app-based health prevention among seafarers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(11), pages 1-18, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0310440
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310440
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