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Quality Principles of App Description Texts and Their Significance in Deciding to Use Health Apps as Assessed by Medical Students: Survey Study.

Urs-Vito AlbrechtChristin MalinkaSarah LongTobias RaupachGerd HasenfussUte von Jan
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)
In a considerable number of app descriptions, participants were unable to locate the information necessary for making an informed usage decision. Participants' sensitization to the quality principles led to changes in their assessment of app descriptions as a tool for usage decisions. Better transparency in app descriptions released by manufacturers and the exposure of users to quality principles could collectively form the basis for well-founded usage decisions.
Keyphrases
  • medical students
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • public health
  • health information
  • cross sectional
  • risk assessment