Table 2 Quality criteria synthesis.
From: Assessing the quality of mobile applications in chronic disease management: a scoping review
Name | Articles |
|---|---|
General characteristics (Basic descriptors of app design and usage, i.e. cost, date of last updated) | 42 |
Accuracy of App description | 3 |
Advertising | 6 |
App purpose | 16 |
App release date | 5 |
Country of origin | 1 |
Developer or author information | 14 |
Disclosure of external partners | 9 |
Languages available | 8 |
Last update | 12 |
Number of downloads | 12 |
Platform (iOS, Android, etc) | 11 |
Price | 25 |
Lite version | 1 |
Size of App | 2 |
Target user group | 13 |
User ratings | 19 |
Technical features (Technical features related to the technology and access) | 42 |
Ability to customize settings | 15 |
Availabilty of technical support | 2 |
Internet connection requirement | 6 |
Interoperability | 22 |
EMR and medical programs | 12 |
xternal devices | 10 |
Other applications | 5 |
Privacy and security | 16 |
Privacy | 12 |
Security | 10 |
Login password process | 7 |
Health information quality (Whether and how the app inspires trust in the information provided) | 23 |
Accuracy | 2 |
Evidence-based | 12 |
Acknowledges areas of uncertainty | 0 |
Clarity of purpose for information | 3 |
Clear attribution to sources | 10 |
Completeness of health information | 3 |
Credibility | 12 |
Describe quality of treatment choices | 5 |
Refers to additional information sources | 0 |
Unbiased information | 0 |
Usability (Experience of user interacting the app) | 24 |
Comprehensibility | 3 |
Consistency | 2 |
Data entry | 5 |
Error management | 3 |
Image Use | 8 |
Learnability | 10 |
Navigation | 10 |
Efficiency | 2 |
Intuitive controls | 3 |
Menu navigation | 3 |
Usefulness | 4 |
Visual aesthetic | 7 |
Evidence of impact (Whether the app has empirical evaluation of its impact on outcomes) | 2 |
User engagement and behavior Change (How the app attempts to engage the user and influence health behaviors) | 63 |
Alerts, reminders or notifications | 22 |
Behavior change Techniques | 23 |
Attitudes | 1 |
Awareness | 2 |
Help seeking | 4 |
Hypnosis | 1 |
Incentives | 9 |
Intention to change | 6 |
Knowledge | 4 |
Recommendation or advice | 16 |
Risks | 6 |
Calculator | 17 |
Community supports | 36 |
App’s own community | 5 |
linical team | 7 |
Social media | 12 |
Connection to external resources or care | 8 |
Data export and sharing | 14 |
Diary or journal keeping | 14 |
Education and information provision | 40 |
Gamification | 8 |
Goal setting and action planning | 21 |
Medical history profile | 11 |
Menu planning and recipe suggestions | 12 |
Other Engagement | 46 |
Self-monitoring or tracking | 45 |
Input mechanism (automated vs manual) | 10 |
Summary charts | 14 |
