Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:It is the aim of the current research to identify some common functionalities of postnatal application, and to determine the quality of the information content of postnatal depression application using validated scales that have been applied for applications in other specialties. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS:To determine the information quality of the postnatal depression smartphone applications, the two most widely used smartphone application stores, namely Apple iTunes as well as Google Android Play store, were searched between 20May and 31 May. No participants were involved. The inclusion criteria for the application were that it must have been searchable using the keywords 'postnatal', 'pregnancy', 'perinatal', 'postpartum' and 'depression', and must be in English language. INT

SUBMITTER: Zhang MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695478 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature