Abstract
Mobile health (mHealth) apps are considered a viable option to improve chronic disease management. Healthcare providers are now recommending mHealth apps for patient use to assist in managing chronic diseases. However, healthcare providers may have difficulty locating effective, evidence-based mHealth apps for patients as there are currently over 325,000 available health apps (Research2Guidance, 2017). Limited evaluation tools are available to assist healthcare providers in this process. Therefore, our goal was to develop an online mHealth evaluation tool to assist healthcare providers in the selection of evidence-based mHealth apps.
After creating a comprehensive pool of mHealth features, healthcare providers provided feedback on the important and essential mHealth features. This feedback guided the development of a mHealth evaluation tool that included 32 mHealth features. Next, healthcare providers tested the mHealth evaluation tool via an online survey using pre-selected mHealth apps. The results of the proof-of-concept testing showed a strong match with the Gold Standard score that was determined by the research team. This proof-of-concept testing demonstrated the evaluation tool correctly identified high quality mHealth apps and provided essential feedback on future revisions to the mHealth evaluation tool.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Xi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Systematic Review
Research Approach
Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice
Keywords:
Mobile Healthcare Applications, Chronic Diseases, Telehealth, Patient Care
Advisor
Joan M. Culley
Second Advisor
Swann A. Adams
Third Advisor
Brian Habing
Fourth Advisor
Robin Estrada
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of South Carolina
Degree Year
2018
Recommended Citation
Donevant, Sara Belle, "An evidence-based evaluation tool to assist healthcare providers in their assessment of effective mHealth applications for the management of chronic health conditions" (2021). Dissertations. 570.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/570
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2021-10-04
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10751627; ProQuest document ID: 2070938566. The author still retains copyright.