Patients’ mHealth Apps Usage and Data Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Concerns: Exploratory Study

Nasser Alhammad, Mohannad Alajlani, Alaa Abd-alrazaq, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Gregory Epiphaniou

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DOI: 10.2196/83363
Published: 2026-05-20
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Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
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@article{allodium:10.2196/83363,
  title = {Patients’ mHealth Apps Usage and Data Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Concerns: Exploratory Study},
  author = {Nasser Alhammad and Mohannad Alajlani and Alaa Abd-alrazaq and Theodoros N Arvanitis and Gregory Epiphaniou},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {JMIR Formative Research},
  doi = {10.2196/83363},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/83363}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Patients’ mHealth Apps Usage and Data Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Concerns: Exploratory Study
AU  - Nasser Alhammad
AU  - Mohannad Alajlani
AU  - Alaa Abd-alrazaq
AU  - Theodoros N Arvanitis
AU  - Gregory Epiphaniou
PY  - 2026
JO  - JMIR Formative Research
DO  - 10.2196/83363
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Alhammad, N., Alajlani, M., Abd-alrazaq, A., Arvanitis, T. N., & Epiphaniou, G. (2026). Patients’ mHealth Apps Usage and Data Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Concerns: Exploratory Study. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/83363

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