Quality Assessment of Digital Health Apps: Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With an increasing number of digital health apps available in app stores, it is important to assess these technologies reliably regarding their quality. This is done to mitigate the risks associated with their use. There are many different guidelines, methods, and metrics available to assess digital health apps with regard to their quality.

Objective

This study aimed to give a holistic summary of the current methods and "condition agnostic" frameworks that are broadly applicable for the quality assessment of all digital health apps.

Methods

A systematic search of literature was conducted on 4 databases: Scopus, PubMed, ACM Digital Library, and IEEE Xplore. We followed the PICOS (Population, Patient, or Problem; Intervention; Comparison; Outcomes; and Study

SUBMITTER: Zych MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature