Bergeron David, Iorio-Morin Christian, Bigder Mark, Dakson Ayoub, Eagles Matthew E, Elliott Cameron A, Honey C Michael, Kameda-Smith Michelle Masayo, Persad Amit R L, Touchette Charles J, Tso Michael K, Fortin David
Division of Neurosurgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Division of Neurosurgery, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
World Neurosurg. 2019 Jul;127:e1026-e1038. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.035. Epub 2019 Apr 10.
In the past decade, smartphone applications (Apps) have experienced remarkable development across all fields of medicine, including neurosurgery. However, owing to a lack of regulatory oversight and peer review, a clear need exists for a comprehensive review and audit of the existing available Apps. In the present study, we systematically reviewed the existing mobile Apps in neurosurgery, evaluated their clinical use by neurosurgery residents in Canada, and performed a quality audit of the most popular Apps.
Indexed Apps were identified from either the Google Play Store or the iOS App Store using a comprehensive list of keywords related to neurosurgery. A subsequent cross-sectional survey of 76 Canadian neurosurgery residents was conducted, including a section on smartphone App use. We next evaluated the most popular Apps among the residents using the Healthcare Smartphone App Evaluation Tool and performed a quality audit of their content using established medical references.
The survey identified 118 mobile Apps related to neurosurgery. The 3 most used Apps used by the current cohort of Canadian neurosurgery residents were Neurosurgery Survival Guide, Neuromind, and the Journal of Neurosurgery App. Each of these 3 Apps received an excellent score on the Healthcare Smartphone App Evaluation Tool. A quality audit of 30 pages of the Neurosurgery Survival Guide and 40 clinical scores of the Neuromind App, performed by 10 neurosurgery residents, failed to reveal inaccurate or false statements.
The present study has highlighted the current landscape of neurosurgery mobile Apps and their use among neurosurgery residents.
在过去十年中，智能手机应用程序（应用）在医学各个领域，包括神经外科，都经历了显著发展。然而，由于缺乏监管监督和同行评审，显然需要对现有的可用应用进行全面审查和审核。在本研究中，我们系统地回顾了神经外科领域现有的移动应用，评估了加拿大神经外科住院医师对其的临床使用情况，并对最受欢迎的应用进行了质量审核。
使用与神经外科相关的综合关键词列表，从谷歌应用商店或iOS应用商店中识别索引应用。随后对76名加拿大神经外科住院医师进行了横断面调查，其中包括一个关于智能手机应用使用情况的部分。接下来，我们使用医疗智能手机应用评估工具评估了住院医师中最受欢迎的应用，并使用既定的医学参考文献对其内容进行了质量审核。
该调查识别出118个与神经外科相关的移动应用。加拿大神经外科住院医师当前使用最多的3个应用是《神经外科生存指南》《NeuroMind》和《神经外科杂志》应用。这3个应用在医疗智能手机应用评估工具上均获得了优异分数。由10名神经外科住院医师对《神经外科生存指南》的30页内容和《NeuroMind》应用的40个临床评分进行的质量审核，未发现不准确或错误的陈述。
本研究突出了神经外科移动应用的当前状况及其在神经外科住院医师中的使用情况。
