Mobile Apps Leveraged in the COVID-19 Pandemic in East and South-East Asia: Review and Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic increased attention to digital tools to support governmental public health policies in East and South-East Asia. Mobile apps related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to emerge and evolve with a wide variety of characteristics and functions. However, there is a paucity of studies evaluating such apps in this region, with most of the available studies conducted in the early days of the pandemic.

Objective

This study aimed to examine free apps developed or supported by governments in the East and South-East Asian region and highlight their key characteristics and functions. We also sought to interpret how the release dates of these apps were related to the commencement dates of other COVID-19 public health policies.

Methods

We systematic

SUBMITTER: Lee B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589041 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature