在印度探索与心脏病相关的mHealth应用程序:在应用商店进行系统搜索和元数据分析
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
概括
印度的移动健康应用程序显示印度语言支持有限,尽管大部分是免费的,但对心脏病 (HD) 的用户参与度低. 需要进一步的研究来改善应用程序的质量和采用.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 智能手机移动健康 (mHealth) 应用程序可以改善医疗保健的获取,但如果设计不公平,可能会加剧差距.
- 在全面评估健康应用程序方面存在研究缺口,特别是针对印度等多样化人口中的特定健康优先事项.
研究的目的:
- 在印度创建一个全面的mHealth应用程序数据集.
- 专门分析印度可用的与心脏病 (HD) 相关的mHealth应用程序.
主要方法:
- 从谷歌Play商店和果应用商店收集的应用数据 (2022年12月至2023年7月).
- 利用自然语言处理来识别高清应用程序.
- 应用统计分析和主题建模 (隐藏的迪里克莱特分配) 用于应用程序分类.
主要成果:
- 收集了超过227,000个健康应用程序;只有0.5-1.7%支持印度语言.
- 在果应用商店识别了1681个高清应用程序,在Google Play商店识别了588个.
- 大多数高清应用程序是免费的,但超过70%缺乏评论/评分,表明用户参与度低.
结论:
- 在印度建立了一个强大的mHealth应用数据收集和分析方法.
- 有限的语言多样性和低用户参与度是印度心脏病mHealth应用程序的特点.
- 高清应用程序的财务可用性很高,但采用是一个挑战,需要进一步研究质量和采用因素.
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