Bakker Caitlin J, Wyatt Tami H, Breth Melissa Cs, Gao Grace, Janeway Lisa M, Lee Mikyoung A, Martin Christie L, Tiase Victoria L
Dr John Archer Library, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
JMIR Nurs. 2023 Oct 17;6:e46058. doi: 10.2196/46058.
Although mobile health (mHealth) apps for both health consumers and health care providers are increasingly common, their implementation is frequently unsuccessful when there is a misalignment between the needs of the user and the app's functionality. Nurses are well positioned to help address this challenge. However, nurses' engagement in mHealth app development remains unclear.
This scoping review aims to determine the extent of the evidence of the role of nurses in app development, delineate developmental phases in which nurses are involved, and to characterize the type of mHealth apps nurses are involved in developing.
We conducted a scoping review following the 6-stage methodology. We searched 14 databases to identify publications on the role of nurses in mHealth app development and hand searched the reference lists of relevant publications. Two independent researchers performed all screening and data extraction, and a third reviewer resolved any discrepancies. Data were synthesized and grouped by the Software Development Life Cycle phase, and the app functionality was described using the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics functionality scoring system.
The screening process resulted in 157 publications being included in our analysis. Nurses were involved in mHealth app development across all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle but most frequently participated in design and prototyping, requirements gathering, and testing. Nurses most often played the role of evaluators, followed by subject matter experts. Nurses infrequently participated in software development or planning, and participation as patient advocates, research experts, or nurse informaticists was rare.
Although nurses were represented throughout the preimplementation development process, nurses' involvement was concentrated in specific phases and roles.
尽管面向健康消费者和医疗服务提供者的移动健康（mHealth）应用程序越来越普遍，但当用户需求与应用程序功能不匹配时，其实施往往不成功。护士处于帮助应对这一挑战的有利位置。然而，护士在移动健康应用程序开发中的参与情况仍不明确。
本范围综述旨在确定护士在应用程序开发中作用的证据程度，描述护士参与的开发阶段，并刻画护士参与开发的移动健康应用程序的类型。
我们按照六阶段方法进行了范围综述。我们搜索了14个数据库，以确定关于护士在移动健康应用程序开发中作用的出版物，并人工搜索了相关出版物的参考文献列表。两名独立研究人员进行了所有筛选和数据提取，第三名评审员解决了任何差异。数据按软件开发生命周期阶段进行综合和分组，并使用IMS医疗保健信息学研究所功能评分系统描述应用程序功能。
筛选过程产生了157篇出版物纳入我们的分析。护士参与了软件开发生命周期所有阶段的移动健康应用程序开发，但最常参与设计和原型制作、需求收集和测试。护士最常扮演评估者的角色，其次是主题专家。护士很少参与软件开发或规划，作为患者倡导者、研究专家或护士信息学家的参与也很少见。
尽管护士在实施前的开发过程中都有参与，但护士的参与集中在特定阶段和角色。
