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Abstract：
This study aimed at assessing the extent to which the general Saudi population has embraced digital health medical applications to meet their health-related needs so that the Saudi Ministry of Health and government can appropriately be guided on scaling up digital health across the country. As such, this study was guided by the question of to what extent the Saudi people use digital health mobile-based applications. This was a cross-sectional study utilizing snowballing sampling approach. Frequencies, Chi-square, and Spearman rank correlation statistics were used to offer descriptive and inferential analysis of the variables. The majority of the participants were economically able to afford smart devices that have medical apps, had at least an app on such devices, and highly regarded the benefits of the apps. Unfortunately, their understanding of how to use such apps was limited, and this posed a barrier to embracing digital health alongside difficulty downloading apps and medical ethical concerns. Although there is a willingness, extra effort is needed from the Saudi Ministry of Health and the government to promote the uptake of digital health in Saudi Arabia.
摘要：
这项研究旨在评估沙特普通民众接受数字健康医疗应用的程度，以满足他们与健康相关的需求，以便沙特卫生部和政府能够适当地指导在全国范围内扩大数字健康。因此，这项研究以沙特人民在多大程度上使用数字健康移动应用程序为指导.这是一项利用滚雪球抽样方法的横断面研究。频率,卡方，和Spearman等级相关统计用于对变量进行描述性和推断性分析。大多数参与者在经济上能够负担得起具有医疗应用程序的智能设备，在这样的设备上至少有一个应用程序，并高度重视应用程序的好处。不幸的是,他们对如何使用这些应用程序的理解是有限的，这给拥抱数字健康带来了障碍，同时也带来了下载应用程序的困难和医疗伦理问题。虽然有意愿,沙特阿拉伯卫生部和政府需要付出额外的努力，以促进沙特阿拉伯对数字健康的采用。
