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Exploring Heart Disease-Related mHealth Apps in India: Systematic Search in App Stores and Metadata Analysis
Keerthi Dubbala1, Roshan Prizak2, Ingrid Metzler1
1Division of Biomedical and Public Health Ethics, Department of General Health Studies, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
|March 10, 2025
Summary
Mobile health apps in India show limited Indian language support and low user engagement for heart disease (HD) despite being mostly free. Further research is needed to improve app quality and adoption.
Area of Science:
- Digital Health
- Health Informatics
- Public Health
Background:
- Smartphone mobile health (mHealth) apps can improve healthcare access but may worsen disparities if not designed equitably.
- A research gap exists in comprehensively assessing health apps, particularly for specific health priorities in diverse populations like India.
Purpose of the Study:
- To create a comprehensive dataset of mHealth apps in India.
- To specifically analyze heart disease (HD)-related mHealth apps available in India.
Main Methods:
- Collected app data from Google Play Store and Apple App Store (Dec 2022-July 2023).
- Utilized natural language processing to identify HD apps.
- Applied statistical analysis and topic modeling (latent Dirichlet allocation) for app categorization.
Main Results:
- Over 227,000 health apps were collected; only 0.5-1.7% supported Indian languages.
- Identified 1681 HD apps on Apple App Store and 588 on Google Play Store.
- Most HD apps were free, but over 70% lacked reviews/ratings, indicating low user engagement.
Conclusions:
- A robust method for mHealth app data collection and analysis in India was established.
- Limited linguistic diversity and low user engagement characterize the Indian mHealth app landscape for heart disease.
- Financial accessibility of HD apps is high, but uptake is a challenge, necessitating further research on quality and adoption factors.
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