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A systematic review into the assessment of medical apps: motivations, challenges, recommendations and methodological aspect

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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.

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    A. H. Alamoodi, Salem Garfan, B. B. Zaidan, A. A. Zaidan, Mussab Alaa & O. S. Albahri

  2. Computer Science Department, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Tikrit University (TU), Tikrit, Iraq

    Moceheb Lazam Shuwandy

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    Ali Mohammed & O. R. Alobaidi

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    A. M. Aleesa

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Alamoodi, A.H., Garfan, S., Zaidan, B.B. et al. A systematic review into the assessment of medical apps: motivations, challenges, recommendations and methodological aspect. Health Technol. 10, 1045–1061 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00451-4

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