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Table 3 Use of mobile phones for health by gender

From: Knowledge, attitude, and use of mHealth technology among students in Ghana: A university-based survey

Variable

Responses

Gender

Male

Female

Total

p-value

n = 350 (%)

n = 334 (%)

n = 684 (%)

 

Use of mHealth in the past 12 months

No

203 (58)

180 (53.9)

383 (56)

.279

Yes

147 (42)

154 (46.1)

301 (44)

 

Frequency of mHealth use

many times, a day

93 (26.6)

83 (24.8)

176 (25.7)

.351

at least once a day

60 (17.1)

45 (13.5)

105 (15.3)

 

at least a week

77 (22)

72 (21.6)

149 (21.8)

 

at least once a month/at least once in three months

120 (34.3)

134 (40.1)

254 (37.1)

 

Type of health service sought

Primary healthcare service (diagnosis, health advice and treatment)

209 (59.7)

186 (55.7)

395 (57.7)

.159

Health education/information

141 (40.3)

148 (44.3)

289 (42.2)

 

mHealth service use

Text messages

255 (72.9)

236 (70.7)

491 (71.8)

.523

Direct consultation over mobile phone

95 (27.1)

98 (29.3)

193 (28.2)

 

Other platforms for accessing Health information

Twitter

57 (16.3)

22 (6.6)

79 (11.5)

 

Facebook

111 (31.7)

97 (29)

208 (30.4)

.001*

WhatsApp

57 (16.3)

57 (17.1)

114 (16.7)

 

snapchat

31 (8.9)

11 (3.3)

42 (6.1)

 

Instagram

20 (5.7)

29 (8.8)

49 (7.2)

 

YouTube

74 (21.1)

118 (35.3)

192 (28.1)

 
  1. *p < 0.05