Self-Management Support Apps for Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Systematic Search in App Stores and Mobile App Rating Scale Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of mobile technology to meet health needs, widely referred to as mobile health (mHealth), has played a critical role in providing self-management support for chronic health conditions. However, despite its potential benefits, mHealth technologies such as self-management support apps for spinal cord injury (SCI) have received little research attention, and an understanding of their public availability is lacking. Therefore, an overview of these apps is needed to complement findings from the literature for a complete understanding of mHealth self-management support tools for SCI to support the selection and improvement of existing apps and the development of new ones.

Objective

This study aimed to identify and describe quantity, quality, focus, strengths, an

SUBMITTER: Bernard RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11695972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature