Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis
Objectives: It is the aim of the current research to identify some common functionalities of postnatal application, and to determine the quality of the information content of postnatal depression application using validated scales that have been applied for applications in other specialties. Setting...
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| author | Zhang, Melvyn WB Ho, Roger CM Loh, Alvona Wing, Tracey Wynne, Olivia Chan, Sally Wai Chi Car, Josip Fung, Daniel Shuen Sheng |
| author2 | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) |
| author_facet | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Zhang, Melvyn WB Ho, Roger CM Loh, Alvona Wing, Tracey Wynne, Olivia Chan, Sally Wai Chi Car, Josip Fung, Daniel Shuen Sheng |
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| description | Objectives: It is the aim of the current research to identify some common functionalities of postnatal application, and to determine the quality of the information content of postnatal depression application using validated scales that have been applied for applications in other specialties. Settings and participants: To determine the information quality of the postnatal depression smartphone applications, the two most widely used smartphone application stores, namely Apple iTunes as well as Google Android Play store, were searched between 20May and 31 May. No participants were involved. The inclusion criteria for the application were that it must have been searchable using the keywords ‘postnatal’, ‘pregnancy’, ‘perinatal’, ‘postpartum’ and ‘depression’, and must be in English language. Intervention: The Silberg Scale was used in the assessment of the information quality of the smartphone applications. Primary and secondary outcomes measure: The information quality score was the primary outcome measure. Results: Our current results highlighted that while there is currently a myriad of applications, only 14 applications are specifically focused on postnatal depression. In addition, the majority of the currently available applications on the store have only disclosed their last date of modification as well as ownership. There remain very limited disclosures about the information of the authors, as well as the references for the information included in the application itself. The average score for the Silberg Scale for the postnatal applications we have analysed is 3.0. Conclusions: There remains a need for healthcare professionals and developers to jointly conceptualise new applications with better information quality and evidence base. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/874372020-11-01T05:23:53Z Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis Zhang, Melvyn WB Ho, Roger CM Loh, Alvona Wing, Tracey Wynne, Olivia Chan, Sally Wai Chi Car, Josip Fung, Daniel Shuen Sheng Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Centre for Population Health Sciences (CePHaS) Mhealth Postnatal Depression Objectives: It is the aim of the current research to identify some common functionalities of postnatal application, and to determine the quality of the information content of postnatal depression application using validated scales that have been applied for applications in other specialties. Settings and participants: To determine the information quality of the postnatal depression smartphone applications, the two most widely used smartphone application stores, namely Apple iTunes as well as Google Android Play store, were searched between 20May and 31 May. No participants were involved. The inclusion criteria for the application were that it must have been searchable using the keywords ‘postnatal’, ‘pregnancy’, ‘perinatal’, ‘postpartum’ and ‘depression’, and must be in English language. Intervention: The Silberg Scale was used in the assessment of the information quality of the smartphone applications. Primary and secondary outcomes measure: The information quality score was the primary outcome measure. Results: Our current results highlighted that while there is currently a myriad of applications, only 14 applications are specifically focused on postnatal depression. In addition, the majority of the currently available applications on the store have only disclosed their last date of modification as well as ownership. There remain very limited disclosures about the information of the authors, as well as the references for the information included in the application itself. The average score for the Silberg Scale for the postnatal applications we have analysed is 3.0. Conclusions: There remains a need for healthcare professionals and developers to jointly conceptualise new applications with better information quality and evidence base. Published version 2018-07-30T04:35:46Z 2019-12-06T16:41:52Z 2018-07-30T04:35:46Z 2019-12-06T16:41:52Z 2017 Journal Article Zhang, M. W., Ho, R. C., Loh, A., Wing, T., Wynne, O., Chan, S. W. C., et al. (2017). Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis. BMJ Open, 7(11), e015655-. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87437 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45362 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015655 en BMJ Open © 2017 The Author(s). All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 7 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Mhealth Postnatal Depression Zhang, Melvyn WB Ho, Roger CM Loh, Alvona Wing, Tracey Wynne, Olivia Chan, Sally Wai Chi Car, Josip Fung, Daniel Shuen Sheng Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title | Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title_full | Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title_fullStr | Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title_short | Current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores: an information quality analysis |
| title_sort | current status of postnatal depression smartphone applications available on application stores an information quality analysis |
| topic | Mhealth Postnatal Depression |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87437 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45362 |
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