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- Title
Covid-19 related mobile apps in Iran: a review of characteristics and use-case analysis study.
- Authors
Nouri, Rasool; Salari, Raheleh; Niakan Kalhori, Sharareh R.; Ayyoubzadeh, Seyed Mohammad
- Abstract
Background: A significant number of mobile health apps have been created around the world to help the consequence reduction of this emerging pandemic. Objective: This study aimed to review the characteristics of Persian Android and iOS apps related to COVID-19 and categorize them by the use-case model. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. We searched related COVID-19 Iranian mobile apps' for Android and iOS in January 2021. Then, the apps were analyzed and categorized according to their characteristics and use-case model. Results: We found 123 apps based on our inclusion and described them based on the following variables: platform, size, and cost, date of update, use case, rating score, developer, expert consultation, privacy, reference, and contact ability. The results showed that 87% of them were free and 8.94% of them had in-app payment. Only 2.43 of the selected apps were developed in iOS and most of them developed for Android smartphone apps (97.56). 41% of the apps did not mention compliance with privacy rules. Only 5.7% of the apps declared that clinical experts were involved in the development process. 20% of the apps that were educational or informative had no reference. 77.23% of the apps were categorized as educational tools. 20.32% categorized as fulfilling a contextual need. Only 1 android app developed in communicating use-case. 30.90% of the apps were dedicated to entertainment and games only. Conclusion: Lack of standardization for Persian app development may cause some drawbacks which require regulation set and evaluation process.
- Subjects
IRAN; ANDROID (Operating system); IOS (Operating system); MOBILE apps; COVID-19; MOBILE health; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 2021, Vol 11, p213
- ISSN
2251-7200
- Publication type
Article