Perception of a Tracing App During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27:281:816-817. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210289.

Abstract

Access to digital technologies depends on the availability of technical infrastructure, but this access is unequally distributed among social groups and newly summarized under the term digital divide. The aim is to analyze the perception of a tracing app to contain Covid-19 in Germany. The results showed that participants with the highest level of formal education rate the app as beneficial and were the most likely to use the app.

Keywords: covid-19; digital divide; education; tracing app.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Contact Tracing
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Mobile Applications*
  • Pandemics
  • Perception
  • SARS-CoV-2