ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2015
Quality of Smartphone Apps Related to Panic Disorder.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Review of Mobile Apps for Women With Anxiety in Pregnancy: Maternity Care Professionals' Guide to Locating and Assessing Anxiety Apps.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Review
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- Scoping review: Development and assessment of evaluation frameworks of mobile health apps for recommendations to consumers.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
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- Safety concerns with consumer-facing mobile health applications and their consequences: a scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2020Article
- The efficacy of app-supported smartphone interventions for mental health problems: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2019Article
- Computer-Assisted Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Mobile Apps for Depression and Anxiety.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
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- Mobile App Tools for Identifying and Managing Mental Health Disorders in Primary Care.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
Quality of smartphone apps related to panic: smartphone apps have a growing role in health care. This study assessed the quality of English-language apps for panic disorder (PD) and compared paid and free apps. Keywords related to PD were entered into the Google Play Store search engine. Apps were assessed using the following quality indicators: accountability, interactivity, self-help score (the potential of smartphone apps to help users in daily life), and evidence-based content quality. The Brief DISCERN score and the criteria of the "Health on the Net" label were also used as content quality indicators as well as the number of downloads. Of 247 apps identified, 52 met all inclusion criteria. The content quality and self-help scores of these PD apps were poor. None of the assessed indicators were associated with payment status or number of downloads. Multiple linear regressions showed that the Brief DISCERN score significantly predicted the content quality and self-help scores. Poor content quality and self-help scores of PD smartphone apps highlight the gap between their technological potential and the overall quality of available products.
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