Standardized evaluation of the quality and persuasiveness of mobile health applications for diabetes management.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates diabetes self-management mobile health applications available from European app stores with respect to quality, concordance with recommended self-management tasks and implementation of persuasive system design principles. The European Play Store and Apple App Store were systematically searched and relevant apps were tested. Two raters independently assessed app quality using the Mobile Application Rating Scale and conducted a content analysis of provided persuasive system design principles and self-management tasks. A total of 2,269 mobile health applications were identified and 120 could be included in the evaluation. The overall quality was rated as moderate M = 3.20 (SD = 0.39, min = 2.31, max = 4.62), with shortcomings in the subcategories of engagement (M = 2.80,

SUBMITTER: Geirhos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901695 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature