Aplicacions mòbils en salut: criteris per al desenvolupament i avaluació de la qualitat

Identifier:  TDX:3138

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3138

Authors:  Llorens Vernet, Pere

Abstract:
In recent years, a huge number of mobile health-related applications have been developed. However, the growth of these mHealth solutions has occurred without any specific control or regulation. The main aim of this thesis was to create a new guide to help in the development of quality apps and facilitate the evaluation of those available. The thesis includes three studies. In the first one, the most important criteria for health apps have been identified using different relevant sources of information in the field. In the second study, a validation process was carried out to determine the essential criteria that would be integrated into the guide. A total of 48 criteria have finally been included in the guide related to the topics of Privacy, Security, Usability, Safety, Technology, Appropriateness and suitability, Transparency and content, and Technical support and updates. In the third study, reliability (specifically, interrater reliability) was studied to evaluate existing apps, and results were compared with those provided when using the most used guide. The guide created: Mobile App Development and Assessment Guide (MAG), is a valid tool to both evaluate and guide the development of new quality health apps, and has proven to be more reliable than the most used guide in the area (Mobile App Rating Scale).