背景:自COVID-19爆发以来,世界各地和伊朗已经创建了大量移动健康应用程序,以帮助减少这种新出现的大流行的后果。
目的:本研究旨在回顾与COVID-19相关的波斯Android和iOS应用的特征,并根据参考模型确定其用例。
方法:这是一项横断面描述性研究,分三个主要步骤进行。首先,2021年1月,通过伊朗移动应用程序\'市场使用与COVID-19相关的关键字进行了系统搜索。然后,根据检索到的应用程序的特点进行分析.最后,基于参考模型确定并分类了给定应用程序的用例.
结果:根据我们的纳入标准,选择并评估了122个应用程序。这些应用程序中的大多数(87.7%)是免费的。在临床专家的参与下开发了一小部分(5%)的审查应用程序,其中一半的应用程序提到了他们使用的参考文献。此外,大约一半的应用程序(50.8%)提供了开发人员的联系信息。研究的应用程序分为四个用例主要类别,包括教育(98%),满足上下文需要(18%),沟通,和/或共享信息(0.83%),和健康相关管理(2%)。
结论:结果显示,用于COVID-19的波斯移动应用程序并不令人满意。此外,虽然这些应用程序在数量上很重要,但就用例而言,它们并不广泛。
BACKGROUND: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, a significant number of mobile health apps have been created around the world and in Iran to help 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 determine their use-cases based on a reference model.
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in three main steps. First, a systematic search was conducted via Iranian mobile apps\' markets using the keywords related to COVID-19 in January 2021. Then, the retrieved apps were analyzed according to their characteristics. Finally, the use-cases of the given apps were determined and categorized based on a reference model.
RESULTS: Based on our inclusion criteria, 122 apps were selected and evaluated. Most of these apps (87.7%) was free. Small proportions (5%) of reviewed apps have been developed with participation of clinical expert and half of the apps mentioned the references they used. Furthermore, about half of the apps (50.8%) were provided contact information of the developers. The studied apps were classified into four use-case major categories, including educational (98%), fulfilling a contextual need (18%), communicating, and/or sharing the information (0.83%), and health-related management (2%).
CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the Persian mobile apps for COVID-19 are not in a satisfying situation. Furthermore, although these apps are significant in quantity but in terms of use-cases, they are not widespread.