Russian-Language Mobile Apps for Reducing Alcohol Use: Systematic Search and Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personalized prevention tools such as mobile apps designed to reduce alcohol consumption are widespread in mobile app stores accessible in Russia. However, the quality and content of these mobile apps have not been systematically evaluated.

Objective

This study aimed to identify Russian-language mobile apps for reducing alcohol use and to evaluate their quality and potential to change alcohol-related health behavior. It further aimed to identify apps that could facilitate screening and brief interventions in primary health care in Russia.

Methods

A systematic search for mobile apps available in Russia was carried out between April 1 and 15, 2020, December 1 and 15, 2020, and in March 2021 in the iPhone App Store, Google Play Store, and the 4PDA forum. App q

SUBMITTER: Bunova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787655 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature