Insights into the Quality of Mobile Health Apps: Preliminary Results of an Analysis of MARS Scores.
Stud Health Technol Inform
; 316: 420-421, 2024 Aug 22.
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| ID: mdl-39176767
ABSTRACT
Many mHelath applications have been developed, and the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) is a common tool for assessing them. This study aims to provide mean values for MARS scores found in recent literature. We systematically searched for literature in which MARS was used and analyzed them. MARS values for 5,920 applications from 215 studies were compiled. The mean MARS Quality Score is 3.51. The highest average score was achieved in the Functionality category (3.98), followed by Aesthetics (3.52), Information (3.33), Engagement (3.18) and Subjective (2.72). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to calculate average values for the five categories of the MARS and the MARS score based on such an extensive collection of data. The study shows that the overall quality of the applications is above the average value of 2.5.
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Texte intégral:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Applications mobiles
Limites:
Humans
Langue:
En
Journal:
Stud Health Technol Inform
Sujet du journal:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
/
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Année:
2024
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Allemagne
Pays de publication:
Pays-Bas