Mobile Phone Apps Targeting Medication Adherence: Quality Assessment and Content Analysis of User Reviews.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:With the accessibility and widespread use of mobile phones, mobile phone apps targeting medication adherence may be useful tools to help patients take medications as prescribed. OBJECTIVE:Our objectives were to (1) characterize and assess mobile phone medication adherence apps guided by a conceptual framework on the focus of adherence interventions and (2) conduct a content analysis of Web-based reviews to explore users' perspectives and experiences with mobile phone medication adherence apps. METHODS:We searched for mobile phone medication adherence apps using keyword searches in Apple and Android operating systems. We characterized all apps in terms of number of downloads, ratings, languages, cost, and disease target. We categorized apps according to 4 key features of (1) aler

SUBMITTER: Park JYE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6374723 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature