Orthopaedic and trauma surgeons' prioritisation of app quality principles based on their demographic background.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although apps are becoming increasingly relevant in healthcare, there is limited knowledge about how healthcare professionals perceive "quality" in this context and how quality principles that can aid them in assessing health-related apps may be prioritised. The objective was to investigate physicians' views of predefined (general) quality principles for health apps and to determine whether a ranking algorithm applied to the acquired data can provide stable results against various demographic influences and may thus be appropriate for prioritisation.

Methods

Participants of an online survey of members of two German professional orthopaedics associations conducted between 02/12/2019 and 02/01/2020 were asked about their perception of a set of quality principles for

SUBMITTER: Malinka C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9948494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature