TY - JOUR AU - Antonise-Kamp, L. AU - Beaujean, D. J. M. A. AU - Crutzen, R. AU - van Steenbergen, J. E. AU - Ruwaard, D. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/04 TI - Prevention of tick bites: an evaluation of a smartphone app JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 744 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common reported tick-borne infection in Europe, and involves transmission of Borrelia by ticks. As long as a vaccine is not available and effective measures for controlling tick populations are insufficient, LB control is focused on preventive measures to avoid tick bites. To inform citizens about the risk of ticks, motivate them to check for tick bites, and encourage them to remove any attached tick as quickly as possible, a mobile app called ‘Tekenbeet’ (Dutch for ‘tick bite’) was developed and released. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usage and user satisfaction of the ‘Tekenbeet’ app and to investigate whether it affects users’ knowledge, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, response efficacy, current behavior and intention to comply with preventive measures. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2836-4 DO - 10.1186/s12879-017-2836-4 ID - Antonise-Kamp2017 ER -