A systematic review into the assessment of medical apps: motivations, challenges, recommendations and methodological asp
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A systematic review into the assessment of medical apps: motivations, challenges, recommendations and methodological aspect A. H. Alamoodi 1 & Salem Garfan 1 & B. B. Zaidan 1 & A. A. Zaidan 1 & Moceheb Lazam Shuwandy 2 & Mussab Alaa 1 & M. A. Alsalem 3 & Ali Mohammed 4 & A. M. Aleesa 5 & O. S. Albahri 1 & Ward Ahmed Al-Hussein 6 & O. R. Alobaidi 4 Received: 27 April 2020 / Accepted: 11 June 2020 # IUPESM and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Recent years have shown significantly pervasive interest in mobile applications (hereinafter “apps”). The number and popularity of these apps are dramatically increasing. Even though mobile apps are diverse, countless ones are available through many platforms. Some of these apps are not useful nor do they possess rich content, which benefits end users as expected, especially in medical-related cases. This research aims to review and analyze articles associated with medical app assessment across different platforms. This research also aimed to provide the best practices and identify the academic challenges, motivations and recommendations related with quality assessments. In addition, a methodological approach followed in previous research in this domain was also discussed to give some insights for future comers with what to expect. We systematically searched articles on topics related to medical app assessment. The search was conducted on five major databases, namely, Science Direct, Springer, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore and PubMed from 2009 to September 2019. These indices were considered sufficiently extensive and reliable to cover our scope of the literature. Articles were selected on the basis of our inclusion and exclusion criteria (n = 72). Medical app assessment is considered a major topic which warrants attention. This study emphasizes the current standpoint and opportunities for research in this area and boosts additional efforts towards the understanding of this research field. Keywords Apps assessment . Mobile apps . Medical apps . Assessment . Evaluation
1 Introduction Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00451-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * A. H. Alamoodi [email protected] 1
Department of Computing, Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI), Tanjong Malim, Malaysia
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Computer Science Department, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Tikrit University (TU), Tikrit, Iraq
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Department of Management Information System, College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
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Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Department of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), Batu Pahat, Malaysia
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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Recent years have shown significantly pervasive interest in mobile application
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