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ReviewTherapeutic advances in urology

Current state of mobile health apps in endourology: a review of mobile platforms in marketplaces and literature.

Ali Talyshinskii, Guliev Bakhman, Bm Zeeshan Hameed, Amelia Pietropaolo, Nithesh Naik, Bhaskar K Somani

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Review in Therapeutic advances in urology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali TalyshinskiiDepartment of Urology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Guliev BakhmanDepartment of Urology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Bm Zeeshan HameedDepartment of Urology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India.
Amelia PietropaoloDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7631-3108
Nithesh NaikDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-7697
Bhaskar K SomaniDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-6478
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov · RUUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GBFather Muller Medical College Hospital · INManipal Academy of Higher Education · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several mobile healthcare (mHealth) apps are available in various marketplaces, but there is still concern about their accuracy, data safety, and regulation. The goal of this review was to critically analyze the mobile apps created for education, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of patients with kidney stone disease (KSD), as well as to assess the level of data security, the contribution of physicians in their development and adherence to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Medical Device Regulation (MDR) guidance. A comprehensive literature search was performed using PubMed (September 2022), in the Apple App Store and Google Play store using relevant keywords and inclusion criteria. Information was extracted for the name of the app, primary and additional functionalities, release and last update, number of downloads, number of marks and average rating, Android/iOS compatibility, initial and in-app payments, data safety statement, physician involvement statement, and FDA/MDR guidance. A total of 986 apps and 222 articles were reviewed, of which based on the inclusion, 83 apps were finally analyzed. The apps were allocated to six categories about their primary purpose: education (

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PMID37284592
PMCPMC10240556
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