Consideration of inequalities in effectiveness trials of mHealth applications - a systematic assessment of studies from an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing use of mobile health applications (apps) for managing diabetes and hypertension entails an increased need to understand their effectiveness among different population groups. It is unclear if efficacy and effectiveness trials currently provide evidence of differential effectiveness, and if they do, a summary of such evidence is missing. Our study identified to what extent sociocultural and socioeconomic inequalities were considered in effectiveness trials of mobile health apps in diabetic and hypertensive patients and if these inequalities moderated app effectiveness.

Methods

We built on our recent umbrella review that synthesized systematic reviews (SRs) of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effectiveness of health apps. Using standard SR meth

SUBMITTER: Abdelmalak N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389088 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature