Mobile health technologies may temper impact of social determinants on South Koreans’ health: study

Healthcare IT News February 16, 2022
Adam Ang

However, it still might not replace traditional healthcare.

A recent study has demonstrated that the use of mobile health technologies can moderate the effects of social determinants on the health of South Koreans.

Published early this month in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the paper looked into the effects of social determinants of health on health efficacy and health status and how mobile health technologies lessen its impact on health outcomes.

FINDINGS

The study’s author commissioned a professional research firm in South Korea to conduct their survey, which was done last year in July-August. It eventually drew findings from 1,187 participants with an average age of 44. By sex, there were more female than male...

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