评估商业移动健康应用程序的内容、可用性和功效的方法。

Methods for Evaluating the Content, Usability, and Efficacy of Commercial Mobile Health Apps.

作者信息

Jake-Schoffman Danielle E, Silfee Valerie J, Waring Molly E, Boudreaux Edwin D, Sadasivam Rajani S, Mullen Sean P, Carey Jennifer L, Hayes Rashelle B, Ding Eric Y, Bennett Gary G, Pagoto Sherry L

机构信息

Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.

Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.

出版信息

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Dec 18;5(12):e190. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8758.

Abstract

Commercial mobile apps for health behavior change are flourishing in the marketplace, but little evidence exists to support their use. This paper summarizes methods for evaluating the content, usability, and efficacy of commercially available health apps. Content analyses can be used to compare app features with clinical guidelines, evidence-based protocols, and behavior change techniques. Usability testing can establish how well an app functions and serves its intended purpose for a target population. Observational studies can explore the association between use and clinical and behavioral outcomes. Finally, efficacy testing can establish whether a commercial app impacts an outcome of interest via a variety of study designs, including randomized trials, multiphase optimization studies, and N-of-1 studies. Evidence in all these forms would increase adoption of commercial apps in clinical practice, inform the development of the next generation of apps, and ultimately increase the impact of commercial apps.

摘要

用于健康行为改变的商业移动应用程序在市场上蓬勃发展,但几乎没有证据支持其使用。本文总结了评估市售健康应用程序的内容、可用性和功效的方法。内容分析可用于将应用程序功能与临床指南、循证方案和行为改变技术进行比较。可用性测试可以确定应用程序的功能以及对目标人群实现预期目的的程度。观察性研究可以探索使用与临床和行为结果之间的关联。最后,功效测试可以通过多种研究设计,包括随机试验、多阶段优化研究和单病例研究,来确定商业应用程序是否会影响感兴趣的结果。所有这些形式的证据都将增加商业应用程序在临床实践中的采用率,为下一代应用程序的开发提供信息,并最终增加商业应用程序的影响力。

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