DigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany.
UMIT TIROL - The Tyrolean Private University, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug 22;316:420-421. doi: 10.3233/SHTI240438.
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.
许多医疗保健应用程序已经开发出来，而移动应用程序评级量表（MARS）是评估它们的常用工具。本研究旨在提供最近文献中发现的 MARS 评分的平均值。我们系统地搜索了使用 MARS 的文献并进行了分析。从 215 项研究中收集了 5920 个应用程序的 MARS 值。MARS 质量评分的平均值为 3.51。在功能类别中获得了最高的平均分数（3.98），其次是美学（3.52）、信息（3.33）、参与度（3.18）和主观性（2.72）。据我们所知，这是第一项根据如此广泛的数据计算 MARS 和 MARS 评分五个类别以及 MARS 评分平均值的研究。该研究表明，应用程序的整体质量高于 2.5 的平均值。
