Ease finding mHealth apps for individuals with disabilities U.S. 2017

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*

Characteristic	Ease index (1=low - 5=high)
Frequent worrying, nervousness, or anxiety	3.7
Difficulty speaking so people can understand you	3.43
Difficulty concentrating, remembering, deciding	3.38
All respondents	3.25
Difficulty hearing	3.23
Difficulty using your hands and fingers	3.05
Difficulty using your arms	2.99
Difficulty seeing	2.98
Difficulty walking or cilmbing stairs	2.97
Difficulty with fatigue/limited stamina	2.95

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February to August 2017

Number of respondents

377 mobile app users

Special properties

Consumer Advisory Network members

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* 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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