Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review

Abstract While there has been a rapid growth of digital health apps to support chronic diseases, clear standards on how to best evaluate the quality of these evolving tools are absent. This scoping review aims to synthesize the emerging field of mobile health app quality assessment by reviewing crit...

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Autores principales:	Payal Agarwal, Dara Gordon, Janessa Griffith, Natasha Kithulegoda, Holly O. Witteman, R. Sacha Bhatia, Andre W. Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Lise Lamothe, Elena Springall, James Shaw
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1f9578beeb40413cb05f711cb665dd352021-12-02T13:20:05ZAssessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review10.1038/s41746-021-00410-x2398-6352https://doaj.org/article/1f9578beeb40413cb05f711cb665dd352021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00410-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Abstract While there has been a rapid growth of digital health apps to support chronic diseases, clear standards on how to best evaluate the quality of these evolving tools are absent. This scoping review aims to synthesize the emerging field of mobile health app quality assessment by reviewing criteria used by previous studies to assess the quality of mobile apps for chronic disease management. A literature review was conducted in September 2017 for published studies that use a set of quality criteria to directly evaluate two or more patient-facing apps supporting promote chronic disease management. This resulted in 8182 citations which were reviewed by research team members, resulting in 65 articles for inclusion. An inductive coding schema to synthesize the quality criteria utilized by included articles was developed, with 40 unique quality criteria identified. Of the 43 (66%) articles that reported resources used to support criteria selection, 19 (29%) used clinical guidelines, and 10 (15%) used behavior change theory. The most commonly used criteria included the presence of user engagement or behavior change functions (97%, n = 63) and technical features of the app such as customizability (20%, n = 13, while Usability was assessed by 24 studies (36.9%). This study highlights the significant variation in quality criteria employed for the assessment of mobile health apps. Future methods for app evaluation will benefit from approaches that leverage the best evidence regarding the clinical impact and behavior change mechanisms while more directly reflecting patient needs when evaluating the quality of apps.Payal AgarwalDara GordonJanessa GriffithNatasha KithulegodaHolly O. WittemanR. Sacha BhatiaAndre W. KushnirukElizabeth M. BoryckiLise LamotheElena SpringallJames ShawNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Payal Agarwal Dara Gordon Janessa Griffith Natasha Kithulegoda Holly O. Witteman R. Sacha Bhatia Andre W. Kushniruk Elizabeth M. Borycki Lise Lamothe Elena Springall James Shaw Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
description	Abstract While there has been a rapid growth of digital health apps to support chronic diseases, clear standards on how to best evaluate the quality of these evolving tools are absent. This scoping review aims to synthesize the emerging field of mobile health app quality assessment by reviewing criteria used by previous studies to assess the quality of mobile apps for chronic disease management. A literature review was conducted in September 2017 for published studies that use a set of quality criteria to directly evaluate two or more patient-facing apps supporting promote chronic disease management. This resulted in 8182 citations which were reviewed by research team members, resulting in 65 articles for inclusion. An inductive coding schema to synthesize the quality criteria utilized by included articles was developed, with 40 unique quality criteria identified. Of the 43 (66%) articles that reported resources used to support criteria selection, 19 (29%) used clinical guidelines, and 10 (15%) used behavior change theory. The most commonly used criteria included the presence of user engagement or behavior change functions (97%, n = 63) and technical features of the app such as customizability (20%, n = 13, while Usability was assessed by 24 studies (36.9%). This study highlights the significant variation in quality criteria employed for the assessment of mobile health apps. Future methods for app evaluation will benefit from approaches that leverage the best evidence regarding the clinical impact and behavior change mechanisms while more directly reflecting patient needs when evaluating the quality of apps.
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author	Payal Agarwal Dara Gordon Janessa Griffith Natasha Kithulegoda Holly O. Witteman R. Sacha Bhatia Andre W. Kushniruk Elizabeth M. Borycki Lise Lamothe Elena Springall James Shaw
author_facet	Payal Agarwal Dara Gordon Janessa Griffith Natasha Kithulegoda Holly O. Witteman R. Sacha Bhatia Andre W. Kushniruk Elizabeth M. Borycki Lise Lamothe Elena Springall James Shaw
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title	Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
title_short	Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
title_full	Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
title_fullStr	Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review

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