Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of Symptom Checkers in Germany: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

• Main Authors: Marvin Kopka (Author), Lennart Scatturin (Author), Hendrik Napierala (Author), Daniel Fürstenau (Author), Markus A Feufel (Author), Felix Balzer (Author), Malte L Schmieding (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPrevious studies have revealed that users of symptom checkers (SCs, apps that support self-diagnosis and self-triage) are predominantly female, are younger than average, and have higher levels of formal education. Little data are available for Germany, and no study has so far compared usag...