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Table 3 Factors associated with the acceptance of mobile application among the office workers

From: Paper-based and mobile application-based self-monitoring tool for healthy dietary intake, development and applicability: a non-randomized trial

Characteristic

Mobile application accepted

Number (%)

n = 24

Mobile application not accepted Number (%)

n = 99

Chi square value

p value

Age

 Mean (SD)

34.3 (7.3)

41 (7.6)

-

< 0.001*

Sex

 Male

4 (16.0)

21 (84.0)

0.25

0.62

 Female

20 (20.4)

78 (79.6)

  

Completed tertiary education

 Yes

18 (24.7)

55 (75.3)

3.03

0.08

 No

6 (12.0)

44 (88.0)

  

Married

 Yes

14 (14.6)

82 (85.4)

6.77

0.01

 No

10 (37.0)

17 (63.0)

  

Post held

 DO/ MA

19 (20.7)

73 (79.3)

0.30

0.58

 Other categories

5 (16.1)

26 (83.9)

  

Having children

 Yes

11 (12.8)

75 (87.2)

8.22

0.04

 No

13 (35.1)

24 (35.1)

  

Travel time

 Less than 30 min

11 (19.3)

46 (80.7)

0.70

0.71

 30 min – 1 h

11 (22.0)

39 (88.0)

  

 More than 1 h

2 (12.5)

14 (87.5)

  

Travel method

 Walking

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

4.17

0.13

 Public transport

9 (13.8)

56 (86.2)

  

 Private vehicle (own/shared)

15 (27.3)

40 (72.7)

  
  1. *Independent sample t-test