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A Review and Content Analysis of National Apps for Covid-19 Management Using Mobile Application Rating Scale (Mars) Publisher Pubmed



Salehinejad S1 ; Niakan Kalhori SR2 ; Hajesmaeel Gohari S1 ; Bahaadinbeigy K3 ; Fatehi F4, 5
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  1. 1. Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  4. 4. Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  5. 5. School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Informatics for Health and Social Care Published:2021


Abstract

The expansion of mobile health apps for the management of COVID-19 grew exponentially in recent months. However, no study has evaluated these apps. The objective of this study was to develop a reliable measure and rate the quality of COVID-19 mobile health apps, to eventually provide a roadmap for future mHealth app development. In this study, we used COVID-related keywords to identify apps for iOS and Android devices. 13 apps (13.5% of the total number of apps identified) were selected for evaluation. App quality was assessed independently using MARS by two reviewers. Search queries yielded a total of 97 potentially relevant apps, of which 13 met our final inclusion criteria. Kendall’s coefficient of concordance value for the inter-rater agreement was 0.93 (p = .03). COVID-19 GOV PK app had the highest average MARS score (4.7/5), and all of the apps had acceptable MARS scores (> 3.0). This study suggests that most COVID-related apps meet acceptable criteria for quality, content, or functionality, and they must highlight esthetic and interesting features for overall quality improvement to be welcomed by users. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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