Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health applications (apps) enable patients to make decisions regarding their health utilizing digitally-enabled processes for care, expand accessibility to healthcare service delivery, and raise public awareness of health. In many languages, there is still a lack of an instrument that assesses how patients perceive apps. This study aims to adapt and validate the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS) in Persian and evaluate the overall quality of the Persian meditation apps.

Methods

This cross-sectional study population comprises 86 healthcare workers in a health center in the west of Iran. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula. First, the uMARS was translated into Persian. Then, validity was assessed using the Content Validity

SUBMITTER: Kohzadi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964225 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature