An evaluation of mobile health application tools.
An evaluation of mobile health application tools.
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DOI：
10.2196/mhealth.3088
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Schulman KA
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作者：
Sama PR;Eapen ZJ;Weinfurt KP;Shah BR;Schulman KA
移动的健康应用程序数量的快速增长可能对预防疾病或治疗糖尿病等慢性病患者具有深远意义。本研究的目的是描述Apple iTunes市场中最常见的移动的医疗保健应用程序的特征。我们对Apple iTunes Store的“健康与保健”类别中的应用程序样本进行了描述性分析。我们根据健康因素和用户参与的主要方法来描述每个应用程序。分析的主要结果指标是价格，健康因素和用户参与的方法。在400个符合纳入标准的应用程序中，下载最频繁的付费应用程序的平均价格为2.24美元（1.30 SD $），当前可用的付费应用程序的平均价格为2.27美元（1.60 SD $）。健身/训练应用程序最受欢迎（43.5%，174/400）。其次两个最常见的类别是健康资源（15.0%，60/400）和饮食/热量摄入（14.3%，57/400）。卫生资源类别的申请占审查申请的5.5%（22/400）。自我监控是最常见的主要用户参与方法（74.8%，299/400）。共有20.8%（83/400）的应用程序使用了两种或两种以上的用户参与方法，其中自我监控和进度跟踪是最常见的。大多数流行的移动的健康应用程序都专注于健身和自我监测。这些应用程序使用的用户参与方法是有限的，并提供了提高技术有效性的机会。
The rapid growth in the number of mobile health applications could have profound significance in the prevention of disease or in the treatment of patients with chronic disease such as diabetes. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of the most common mobile health care applications available in the Apple iTunes marketplace. We undertook a descriptive analysis of a sample of applications in the “health and wellness” category of the Apple iTunes Store. We characterized each application in terms of its health factor and primary method of user engagement. The main outcome measures of the analysis were price, health factors, and methods of user engagement. Among the 400 applications that met the inclusion criteria, the mean price of the most frequently downloaded paid applications was US $2.24 (SD $1.30), and the mean price of the most currently available paid applications was US $2.27 (SD $1.60). Fitness/training applications were the most popular (43.5%, 174/400). The next two most common categories were health resource (15.0%, 60/400) and diet/caloric intake (14.3%, 57/400). Applications in the health resource category constituted 5.5% (22/400) of the applications reviewed. Self-monitoring was the most common primary user engagement method (74.8%, 299/400). A total of 20.8% (83/400) of the applications used two or more user engagement approaches, with self-monitoring and progress tracking being the most frequent. Most of the popular mobile health applications focus on fitness and self-monitoring. The approaches to user engagement utilized by these applications are limited and present an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of the technology.
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