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SynthesisJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020

Mobile Health Apps for Medical Emergencies: Systematic Review.

Alejandro Plaza Roncero, Gonçalo Marques, Beatriz Sainz-De-Abajo, Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Carlos Del Pozo Vegas, Begonya Garcia-Zapirain, Isabel de la Torre-Díez

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Synthesis in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  18. Challenges in the Adoption of eHealth and mHealth for Adult Mental Health Management-Evidence from Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alejandro Plaza RonceroDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8759-7433
Gonçalo MarquesPolytechnic of Coimbra, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Oliveira do Hospital, Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5834-6571
Beatriz Sainz-De-AbajoDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1789-6045
Francisco Martín-RodríguezAdvanced Clinical Simulation Center, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1773-2860
Carlos Del Pozo VegasEmergency Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5561-1384
Begonya Garcia-ZapiraineVIDA Research Group, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9356-1186
Isabel de la Torre-DíezDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3134-7720

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMobile health apps are used to improve the quality of health care. These apps are changing the current scenario in health care, and their numbers are increasing.

objectiveWe wanted to perform an analysis of the current status of mobile health technologies and apps for medical emergencies. We aimed to synthesize the existing body of knowledge to provide relevant insights for this topic. Moreover, we wanted to identify common threads and gaps to support new challenging, interesting, and relevant research directions.

methodsWe reviewed the main relevant papers and apps available in the literature. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology was used in this review. The search criteria were adopted using systematic methods to select papers and apps. On one hand, a bibliographic review was carried out in different search databases to collect papers related to each application in the health emergency field using defined criteria. On the other hand, a review of mobile apps in two virtual storage platforms (Google Play Store and Apple App Store) was carried out. The Google Play Store and Apple App Store are related to the Android and iOS operating systems, respectively.

resultsIn the literature review, 28 papers in the field of medical emergency were included. These studies were collected and selected according to established criteria. Moreover, we proposed a taxonomy using six groups of applications. In total, 324 mobile apps were found, with 192 identified in the Google Play Store and 132 identified in the Apple App Store.

conclusionsWe found that all apps in the Google Play Store were free, and 73 apps in the Apple App Store were paid, with the price ranging from US $0.89 to US $5.99. Moreover, 39% (11/28) of the included studies were related to warning systems for emergency services and 21% (6/28) were associated with disaster management apps.

Indexed as

Mobile ApplicationsTelemedicineEmergenciesHumansAndroideHealthiOSmedical emergenciesmHealthmobile appsmobile health

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PMID33306037
PMCPMC7762680

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