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- Title
The Most Popular Smartphone Training Applications for Bladder Cancer: Quality Assessment.
- Authors
Khosrobeigi, Atefeh; Gharakhani, Davoud; Moosavinasab, Elham; Rangrazjeddi, Fateme; Nabovati, Ehsan
- Abstract
Background: Bladder cancer appears to be on the list of the most prevalent cancers throughout the world, which its early diagnosis and treatment is of extreme importance as it is represented by a high mortality rate. The use of smartphone-based applications(apps) has increased as a tool for educating specialists and management of diseases. Objective: The aim of this study was to find educational bladder cancer realted applications for urologists in online app stores and to rate their quality. Material and Methods: : Current study was conducted as a non-systematic review in November 2020. Apps were selected from 3 mobile operating system stores (Google Play App Store, Bazar App Store and iTunes App Store).Free apps in Persian and English sources, a minimum of 1000 installs for the Google Play, a review of 1000 for the iTunes, and a minimum of 500 installs for the Bazar to be associated with bladder cancer and their target group was urologists, were included in the study. Apps were evaluated using MARS tool with 4 subscales. Items in this tool are rated using a 5-score Likert scale. Results: Of 55 potentially relevant apps overviewed, 8 met the inclusion criteria, of which 4 apps required a username and password that could not be accessed through Iranian based ip adresses. Finally, 4 apps were evaluated. The average scores of these 4 apps for each domain in MARS is as follows. engagement(2/95), functionality( 3/6), visual aesthetics(3/15), information(1/67), mental quality(2/37). The highest score in the apps was 1/3. Conclusion: There is a limited number of Persian applications related to bladder cancer in app stores. It is necessary that developers, seek to create apps based on scientific guidelines. in order to achive this goal, more effective interaction between health professionals and organizations is recommended.
- Subjects
BLADDER cancer; MOBILE apps; BOWEL &; bladder training; MOBILE operating systems; APPLICATION stores; ITUNES (Digital music program)
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 2021, Vol 11, p87
- ISSN
2251-7200
- Publication type
Article