Strengthening the Trialability for the Intention to Use of mHealth Apps Amidst Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Enormous thanks to the reviewer for the learned comments and discerning suggestions for the revision. As per the reviewer’s suggestion, we revised/corrected the paper in the following ways:

Comment 1

This study aims to investigate the key factors influencing the trialability of mHealth apps/services and behavioral intention to adopt mobile health applications, using convenience sampling and collected responses from generation Y participants in Bangladesh. The study is scientifically sound and presented in a good manner.

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Comment 2

line 71: "and they understand the long-term future of mHealth services" -> Is there any proof for this (incl. reference)? A few sentences later you state that 'intention to adoption is still slow'

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Thank you so much for your comments. We eliminated these texts.

Comment 3

Line 264-273: do you observe any differences in results between genders, age groups, education levels, occupations and income levels?

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Thank you so much. We have not noticed any significant effects of those variables on the latent variables.

Comment 4

Line 68: "Generation-Y" -> "Generation Y".

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Thank you so much for noticing this mistake and we corrected it.

Comment 4

Line 84: "influences" -> "influence"? Depending on what it refers to exactly.

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Thank you so much for noticing this mistake and we corrected it.

Comment 5

Line 85: "Gen Y" -> first introduce the abbreviation.

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Thank you so much for noticing this mistake. We corrected this and used ‘Generation Y’ everywhere.

Comment 6

Line 195: "smart phone" -> "smartphone".

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Thank you so much for noticing this mistake and we corrected it.

Comment 7

Line 256: "generation Y" -> "Generation Y". Be consistent throughout the paper.

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Comment 8

Line 358: "([61]" -> "[61]".

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Comment 9

Line 363: "was representative" -> "were representative".

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Comment 10

line 369: "PLS" -> "Partial Least Squares (PLS)".

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Comment 3

Figure 4 and 5: improve quality of figures.

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Thank you so much for noticing this. We significantly improve the quality of these two figures.

Comment 1

I would like to thank you for the opportunity to review the manuscript "Strengthening the Trialability for the Intention to Use of mHealth Apps Amidst Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study". Overall the manuscript shows a good adoption of the scientific method, the topic is timely, and the results are well-conducted. In general, these findings can be useful to better design the development and spread of mHealth systems that are more and more important as recently shown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Thank you so much for your appreciation.

Comment 2

I have no particular comments about the study conduction; nevertheless, I feel that the readers might benefit for a better discussion about the use of mHealth apps during this pandemic and the benefits that could arise for their optimal spread. For example, the authors could consider some of the previous literature about the use of smart devices and wearables for monitoring physical activity and health during the quarantine and lockdown periods (Buoite Stella et al., 2021; Khan et al., 2021; Chen and Wang, 2020; von Humboldt et al., 2020; Lukas et al., 2020), and how these system might also assist medical checks and promote healthy lifestyles (McGarrigle and Todd, 2020; Lee et al., 2019).

Our response

Thank you so much for your comments. We revised introduction section and cite those references following your comments.

Comment 1

The paper contains sufficiently new and adequate information, and it adheres to the journal’s standards. The topic and level of formality are appropriate for the journal`s readership. Its style and readability are suitable. There is a huge amount of information given throughout the article, but I would suggest revising the paper. 

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Thank you so much for your compliments and asked us to revise. We consider each of your concerns and revised the draft accordingly.

Comment 2

Research question 2 (RQ2) must be completed. Define the core variables of the proposed model!

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Thank you so much for noticing this confusion and we corrected it.

Comment 3

The selected methodology is scientifically appropriate, but the methods are not described in detail.

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Thank you so much for your insightful comments to improve our draft. We paid attention to your comments and significantly improved the draft.

Comment 4

I also miss recent relevant literature in this area. I suggest citing: TOMAŽIČ, Tina, STANOJEVIĆ-JERKOVIĆ, Olivera. Online interventions for the selective prevention of illicit drug use in young drug users: exploratory study. Journal of medical internet research. April 2020, vol. 22, no. 4. DOI: 10.2196/17688.

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We shortened the introduction section following your guidelines.

Comment 5

Results are presented clearly and analyzed appropriately. The major idea received enough attention and explanation.

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Comment 6

Theoretical and practical implications are well presented.

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Comment 7

In summary, the article is sufficiently interesting to warrant publication, but it needs minor revision. Please follow all the comments above.

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Thank you for providing a constructive comment. We revised the draft following your comments.