RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluation of Android and Apple Store Depression Applications Based on Mobile Application Rating Scale
A1 Martin-Martin, Jaime
A1 Muro-Culebras, Antonio
A1 Roldan-Jimenez, Cristina
A1 Escriche-Escuder, Adrian
A1 De-Torres, Irene
A1 Gonzalez-Sanchez, Manuel
A1 Ruiz-Munoz, Maria
A1 Mayoral-Cleries, Fermin
A1 Biro, Attila
A1 Tang, Wen
A1 Nikolova, Borjanka
A1 Salvatore, Alfredo
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
K1 mobile application
K1 depression
K1 mobile health (mHealth)
K1 exercise
K1 telemedicine
K1 smartphone
K1 mobile app rating scale (MARS)
K1 Security
AB There are a large number of mobile applications that allow the monitoring of health status. The quality of the applications is only evaluated by users and not by standard criteria. This study aimed to examine depression-related applications in major mobile application stores and to analyze them using the rating scale tool Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS). A search of digital applications for the control of symptoms and behavioral changes in depression was carried out in the two reference mobile operating systems, Apple (App Store) and Android (Play Store), by means of two reviewers with a blind methodology between September and October 2019 in stores from Spain and the United Kingdom. Eighteen applications from the Android Play Store and twelve from the App Store were included in this study. The quality of the applications was evaluated using the MARS scale from 1 (inadequate) to 5 (excellent). The average score of the applications based on the MARS was 3.67 +/- 0.53. The sections with the highest scores were "Functionality" (4.51) and "Esthetics" (3.98) and the lowest "Application Subjective quality" (2.86) and "Information" (3.08). Mobile Health applications for the treatment of depression have great potential to influence the health status of users; however, applications come to the digital market without health control.
PB Mdpi
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24494
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24494
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025