Barriers and Facilitators to Mobile App Use in Australian Audiology Clinics

A cross-sectional survey of 824 adults accessing hearing services and 191 hearing care professionals in Australia. The survey explores attitudes and perceived factors influencing the recommendation and use of mobile health apps in audiology clinics. The dataset was authored by Rebecca J. Bennett and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing differences in perceived barriers to app adoption between healthcare professionals and clients based on survey responses.
• Modeling factors influencing healthcare professionals' recommendation of apps based on cited concerns like digital literacy and dexterity.
• Investigating client concerns about privacy, security, and cost as facilitators or barriers to mHealth app use.
• Applying implementation science frameworks like Normalisation Process Theory to survey data on digital engagement determinants.

Strengths

• Survey includes a substantial sample size of 1,015 total participants (824 adults and 191 HCPs).
• Provides specific statistics from the survey, such as 97.5% smartphone ownership among adult clients.
• Explicitly grounded in implementation science frameworks like Normalisation Process Theory (NPT).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Australian-only participant pool.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey informed by implementation science frameworks.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 09:00:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia