Department of Health Administration, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Health Sciences, College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Mar 18;10:803677. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.803677. eCollection 2022.
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the greatest global health threat in our century at the moment, and the use of mobile health apps has been one digital healthcare strategy adopted for coping with this outbreak. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify and explore the mobile applications that are currently being utilized for dealing with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The applications were selected based on the (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) PRISMA guidelines, then the functionalities were extracted based on the COVID-19 application mind map. Finally, the quality of the apps was assessed using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) for overall quality, satisfaction, engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information. RESULTS: The search identified six applications that were currently being used for COVID-19 which provided the following functionalities: self-assessment, self-isolation, permit for car mobility, prevention guidelines, COVID-19 lab results, call support, identifying nearby facilities, reporting suspected cases, and booking clinic appointments and the COVID-19 test. The findings showed that while most of these features were provided by multiple apps, on the MARS, the overall scores ranged from 3.26 to 3.69 with the apps scoring lower in the areas of satisfaction and engagement and higher in functionalities. CONCLUSION: Further steps are needed to unify all these functions in one health app to enhance the users' experience.
背景:目前,2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行是我们这个世纪面临的最大全球健康威胁,移动健康应用程序的使用是应对这一大流行病的数字医疗战略之一。
目的:本研究旨在确定和探讨目前在沙特阿拉伯用于应对 COVID-19 的移动应用程序。
方法:根据(系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目)PRISMA 指南选择应用程序,然后根据 COVID-19 应用程序思维导图提取功能。最后,使用移动应用程序评级量表(MARS)评估应用程序的整体质量、满意度、参与度、功能、美观和信息。
结果:搜索确定了六个目前用于 COVID-19 的应用程序,这些应用程序提供了以下功能:自我评估、自我隔离、汽车通行许可证、预防指南、COVID-19 实验室结果、电话支持、识别附近的设施、报告疑似病例、预约诊所和 COVID-19 检测。研究结果表明,虽然这些功能大多由多个应用程序提供,但在 MARS 中,整体评分范围为 3.26 至 3.69,应用程序在满意度和参与度方面的得分较低,而在功能方面的得分较高。
结论:需要采取进一步措施,将所有这些功能统一到一个健康应用程序中,以提高用户体验。
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020-10-26
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021-1-12
Inform Health Soc Care. 2021-3-2
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020-9-16
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022-12-16
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022-11-8
Front Psychol. 2022-5-26
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022-3-31
IEEE Access. 2020-8-7
Inform Health Soc Care. 2021-3-2
J Med Internet Res. 2020-9-1
Nat Med. 2020-8-7
J Med Internet Res. 2020-6-16
Health Policy. 2020-5-15
Anal Chem. 2017-1-3
Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2015-9-3