PMID- 33566793
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210308
LR  - 20240331
IS  - 1438-8871 (Electronic)
IS  - 1439-4456 (Print)
IS  - 1438-8871 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021 Mar 3
TI  - Health Care Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices Toward 
      the French COVID-19 App: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study.
PG  - e26399
LID - 10.2196/26399 [doi]
LID - e26399
AB  - BACKGROUND: Many countries worldwide have developed mobile phone apps capable of 
      supporting instantaneous contact tracing to control the COVID-19 pandemic. In 
      France, a few people have downloaded and are using the StopCovid contact tracing 
      app. Students in the health domain are of particular concern in terms of app 
      uptake. Exploring their use and opinions about the app can inform improvements 
      and diffusion of StopCovid among young people. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study 
      is to investigate health care students' knowledge of and attitudes, beliefs, and 
      practices (KABP) toward the StopCovid app. METHODS: A field survey was conducted 
      among 318 students at the health sciences campus of the University of Bordeaux, 
      France, between September 25 and October 16, 2020. A quota sampling method was 
      used, and descriptive statistics and univariate analyses were performed. RESULTS: 
      Of the 318 respondents, 77.3% (n=246) had heard about the app, but only 11.3% 
      (n=36) had downloaded it, and 4.7% (n=15) were still using it at the time of the 
      survey. Among the 210 participants who had heard about the app but did not 
      download it, the main reasons for not using the app were a belief that it was not 
      effective given its limited diffusion (n=37, 17.6%), a lack of interest (n=37, 
      17.6%), and distrust in the data security and fear of being geolocated (n=33, 
      15.7%). Among the 72 students who had not heard of the app and were given a brief 
      description of its functioning and confidentiality policy, 52.7% (n=38) said they 
      would use it. Participants reported that the main solution for increasing the use 
      of the app would be better communication about it (227/318, 71.4%). CONCLUSIONS: 
      Even among health students, the contact tracing app was poorly used. The findings 
      suggest that improved communication about its advantages and simplicity of use as 
      well as clarifying false beliefs about it could help improve uptake.
CI  - (c)Ilaria Montagni, Nicolas Roussel, Rodolphe Thiebaut, Christophe Tzourio. 
      Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research 
      (http://www.jmir.org), 03.03.2021.
FAU - Montagni, Ilaria
AU  - Montagni I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0076-0010
AD  - Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, U1219, Bordeaux University, INSERM, 
      Bordeaux, France.
FAU - Roussel, Nicolas
AU  - Roussel N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2302-5027
AD  - Inria, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
FAU - Thiebaut, Rodolphe
AU  - Thiebaut R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5235-3962
AD  - Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, U1219, Bordeaux University, INSERM, 
      Bordeaux, France.
AD  - Inria, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
AD  - Hospital Center Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
FAU - Tzourio, Christophe
AU  - Tzourio C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6517-2984
AD  - Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, U1219, Bordeaux University, INSERM, 
      Bordeaux, France.
AD  - Hospital Center Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210303
PL  - Canada
TA  - J Med Internet Res
JT  - Journal of medical Internet research
JID - 100959882
SB  - IM
MH  - *COVID-19/diagnosis/epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - Contact Tracing/*methods
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - France/epidemiology
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Health Personnel/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mobile Applications/statistics & numerical data/*supply & distribution
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - Public Opinion
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
MH  - Students/*psychology
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC7931825
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - app
OT  - attitude
OT  - belief
OT  - communication
OT  - contact tracing
OT  - field survey
OT  - knowledge
OT  - mobile app
OT  - monitoring
OT  - practice
OT  - students
OT  - survey
OT  - use
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2021/02/11 06:00
MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00
PMCR- 2021/03/03
CRDT- 2021/02/10 17:11
PHST- 2020/12/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/01/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/31 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/02/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/02/10 17:11 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/03/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v23i3e26399 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/26399 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Med Internet Res. 2021 Mar 3;23(3):e26399. doi: 10.2196/26399.