Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Scarce resources and rising costs are pushing healthcare systems to their limits. There is an urgency to develop, optimize and evaluate technologies that provide more effective care for patients. Modern technologies, such as mob...
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| description | Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Scarce resources and rising costs are pushing healthcare systems to their limits. There is an urgency to develop, optimize and evaluate technologies that provide more effective care for patients. Modern technologies, such as mobile health (mHealth) applications, can provide relief as a key strategy. To integrate digital interventions into care structures, a detailed impact assessment of all professional mHealth applications is needed. The aim of this study is to analyze the standardized tools used in the field of cardiovascular disease. The results show that questionnaires, usage logs, and key indicators are predominantly used. Although the identified mHealth interventions are specific to cardiovascular disease and thus require particular questions to evaluate apps, the user readiness, usability, or quality of life criteria are non-specific. Therefore, the results contribute to understanding how different mHealth interventions can be assessed, categorized, evaluated, and accepted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0c1c0866fc348359b7a55fcfd7f6ca32023-06-14T05:40:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-06-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11554331155433Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular diseaseJennifer Kircher0Walter Swoboda1Felix Holl2Felix Holl3DigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, GermanyDigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, GermanyDigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, GermanyInstitute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, GermanyCardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Scarce resources and rising costs are pushing healthcare systems to their limits. There is an urgency to develop, optimize and evaluate technologies that provide more effective care for patients. Modern technologies, such as mobile health (mHealth) applications, can provide relief as a key strategy. To integrate digital interventions into care structures, a detailed impact assessment of all professional mHealth applications is needed. The aim of this study is to analyze the standardized tools used in the field of cardiovascular disease. The results show that questionnaires, usage logs, and key indicators are predominantly used. Although the identified mHealth interventions are specific to cardiovascular disease and thus require particular questions to evaluate apps, the user readiness, usability, or quality of life criteria are non-specific. Therefore, the results contribute to understanding how different mHealth interventions can be assessed, categorized, evaluated, and accepted.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1155433/fullmHealthmobile applicationcardiovascular diseaseevaluationassessmentmethods |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Kircher Walter Swoboda Felix Holl Felix Holl Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease Frontiers in Public Health mHealth mobile application cardiovascular disease evaluation assessment methods |
| title | Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| title_full | Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| title_fullStr | Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| title_short | Examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| title_sort | examining standardized tools used for the evaluation of mobile health applications for cardiovascular disease |
| topic | mHealth mobile application cardiovascular disease evaluation assessment methods |
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