Evaluating accredited mHealth applications. An exploratory study

[EN] Standards and validation practices regarding mobile health apps need to be established to ensure their proper use and integration into medical practice. This preliminary study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the entire apps that have been awarded by a Quality Seal to identify signific...

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Autores: Gessa, Ana, Jiménez, Amor, Sancha, Pilar
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/148761
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/148761
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Web data
Internet data
Big data
Qca
Pls
Sem
Conference
Health app
Appsaludable
Quality seal
eHealth
Telecare
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Resumo:[EN] Standards and validation practices regarding mobile health apps need to be established to ensure their proper use and integration into medical practice. This preliminary study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the entire apps that have been awarded by a Quality Seal to identify significant differences according to the variables analyzed (user, developer, category and consumer ratings) and identified quality attributes. Although the applications analysed are characterised by their heterogeneity, this research found that seven out of 50 remarkable attributes had significant influence on the application evaluation process, according to the recommendations on design, use and assessment of health from AppSaludable. Only some attributes (adaptation of contents, pilot testing, and accessibility and usability) were correlated with some apps’ features. This study can contribute to improving both the processes of validation and quality of medical care of the citizens and in general, the medical practice