articleJMIR mhealth and uhealthMar 11, 2015GOLD OA

Mobile App Rating Scale: A New Tool for Assessing the Quality of Health Mobile Apps

Queensland University of Technology

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Abstract

Background

The use of mobile apps for health and well being promotion has grown exponentially in recent years. Yet, there is currently no app-quality assessment tool beyond "star"-ratings.

Objective

The objective of this study was to develop a reliable, multidimensional measure for trialling, classifying, and rating the quality of mobile health apps.

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Authors

6

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Rating scale
  • Inter-rater reliability
  • App store
  • Reliability (semiconductor)
  • Scale (ratio)
  • Quality (philosophy)
  • Computer science
  • Mobile apps
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