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      Quality assessment of mobile applications on postpartum hemorrhage management Translated title: Evaluación de la calidad de aplicaciones móviles en el manejo de la hemorragia posparto Translated title: Avaliação da qualidade de aplicativos móveis sobre o manejo da hemorragia pós-parto

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          ABSTRACT

          Objective:

          To assess mobile application quality on the management of postpartum hemorrhage available in the digital stores of the main operating systems.

          Method:

          A descriptive evaluative study, carried out from January to February 2023 on the App Store ® and Google Play Store ®. The Mobile Application Rating Scale was used to assess quality (engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information and subjective quality). Information extraction and assessment on postpartum hemorrhage was carried out using a table with information based on official documents, containing stratification, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

          Results:

          Seven applications were included; of these, three were in English, six had an Android operating system. The quality mean was 3.88. The highest means were for functionality, reaching 5.0 (n = 6), and the lowest were for engagement, less than 3.0 (n = 4). The majority of applications presented less than 50% of the information on postpartum hemorrhage management.

          Conclusion:

          The applications assessed achieved an acceptable quality mean and, according to health organizations’ current protocols, did not contain the necessary information for complete postpartum hemorrhage management.

          RESUMO

          Objetivo:

          Avaliar a qualidade dos aplicativos móveis sobre o manejo da hemorragia pós-parto disponíveis nas lojas digitais dos principais sistemas operacionais.

          Método:

          Estudo descritivo de avaliação, realizado de janeiro a fevereiro de 2023 nas lojas digitais App Store® e Google Play Store®. Foi utilizada a Mobile Application Rating Scale para avaliação da qualidade (engajamento, funcionalidade, estética, informação e qualidade subjetiva). A extração e a avaliação das informações sobre hemorragia pós-parto foram realizadas a partir de um quadro com informações baseadas em documentos oficiais, contendo a classificação, prevenção, diagnóstico e tratamento.

          Resultados:

          Sete aplicativos foram incluídos; desses, três estavam em inglês, seis tinham sistema operacional Android. A média de qualidade foi de 3,88. As maiores médias foram da funcionalidade, alcançando 5,0 (n = 6), e as menores foram de engajamento, menos que 3,0 (n = 4). A maioria dos aplicativos apresentou menos de 50% das informações sobre o manejo de hemorragia pós-parto.

          Conclusão:

          Os aplicativos avaliados alcançaram média de qualidade aceitável e, conforme os protocolos vigentes das organizações de saúde, não continham as informações necessárias para o manejo completo da hemorragia pós-parto.

          RESUMEN

          Objetivo:

          Evaluar la calidad de las aplicaciones móviles sobre el manejo de la hemorragia posparto disponibles en las tiendas digitales de los principales sistemas operativos.

          Método:

          Estudio de evaluación descriptivo, realizado de enero a febrero de 2023 en las tiendas digitales App Store ® y Google Play Store ®. Se utilizó la Escala de Calificación de Aplicaciones Móviles para evaluar la calidad (compromiso, funcionalidad, estética, información y calidad subjetiva). La extracción y evaluación de la información sobre la hemorragia posparto se realizó mediante una tabla con información basada en documentos oficiales, que contiene clasificación, prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento.

          Resultados:

          Se incluyeron siete aplicaciones; de ellos, tres estaban en inglés, seis tenían sistema operativo Android. El promedio de calidad fue 3,88. Los promedios más altos fueron para la funcionalidad, alcanzando 5,0 (n = 6), y los más bajos fueron para el compromiso, menos de 3,0 (n = 4). La mayoría de las solicitudes presentaron menos del 50% de la información sobre el manejo de la hemorragia posparto.

          Conclusión:

          Las aplicaciones evaluadas alcanzaron un promedio de calidad aceptable y, según los protocolos vigentes de las organizaciones de salud, no contenían la información necesaria para el manejo completo de la hemorragia posparto.

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          PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews

          The methods and results of systematic reviews should be reported in sufficient detail to allow users to assess the trustworthiness and applicability of the review findings. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was developed to facilitate transparent and complete reporting of systematic reviews and has been updated (to PRISMA 2020) to reflect recent advances in systematic review methodology and terminology. Here, we present the explanation and elaboration paper for PRISMA 2020, where we explain why reporting of each item is recommended, present bullet points that detail the reporting recommendations, and present examples from published reviews. We hope that changes to the content and structure of PRISMA 2020 will facilitate uptake of the guideline and lead to more transparent, complete, and accurate reporting of systematic reviews.
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            Mobile App Rating Scale: A New Tool for Assessing the Quality of Health Mobile Apps

            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. Methods A literature search was conducted to identify articles containing explicit Web or app quality rating criteria published between January 2000 and January 2013. Existing criteria for the assessment of app quality were categorized by an expert panel to develop the new Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) subscales, items, descriptors, and anchors. There were sixty well being apps that were randomly selected using an iTunes search for MARS rating. There were ten that were used to pilot the rating procedure, and the remaining 50 provided data on interrater reliability. Results There were 372 explicit criteria for assessing Web or app quality that were extracted from 25 published papers, conference proceedings, and Internet resources. There were five broad categories of criteria that were identified including four objective quality scales: engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information quality; and one subjective quality scale; which were refined into the 23-item MARS. The MARS demonstrated excellent internal consistency (alpha = .90) and interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC = .79). Conclusions The MARS is a simple, objective, and reliable tool for classifying and assessing the quality of mobile health apps. It can also be used to provide a checklist for the design and development of new high quality health apps.
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              What is the clinical value of mHealth for patients?

              Despite growing interest from both patients and healthcare providers, there is little clinical guidance on how mobile apps should be utilized to add value to patient care. We categorize apps according to their functionality (e.g. preventative behavior change, digital self-management of a specific condition, diagnostic) and discuss evidence for effectiveness from published systematic reviews and meta-analyses and the relevance to patient care. We discuss the limitations of the current literature describing clinical outcomes from mHealth apps, what FDA clearance means now (510(k)/de novo FDA clearance) and in the future. We discuss data security and privacy as a major concern for patients when using mHealth apps. Patients are often not involved in the development of mobile health guidelines, and professionals’ views regarding high-quality health apps may not reflect patients’ views. We discuss efforts to develop guidelines for the development of safe and effective mHealth apps in the US and elsewhere and the role of independent app reviews sites in identifying mHealth apps for patient care. There are only a small number of clinical scenarios where published evidence suggests that mHealth apps may improve patient outcomes.
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                Journal
                Rev Esc Enferm USP
                Rev Esc Enferm USP
                reeusp
                Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
                Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem
                0080-6234
                1980-220X
                08 January 2024
                2023
                : 57
                : e202320263
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Recife, PE, Brazil.
                [2 ]Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Enfermagem, Recife, PE, Brazil.
                Author notes
                Corresponding author: Érika Maria Alves da Silva Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 844-900, Cidade Universitária 50670-420 – Recife, PE, Brazil erika.maria@ 123456ufpe.br

                ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Rebeca Nunes Guedes de Oliveira

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                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-6161
                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0485-1729
                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0034-5255
                Article
                00468
                10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2023-0263en
                10789125
                38194516
                f9c868d1-d879-494e-be60-82e57e6aab63

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 29 August 2023
                : 08 November 2023
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                Figures: 02, Tables: 06, References: 30
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                postpartum hemorrhage,mobile applications,telemedicine,evaluation study,hemorragia posparto,aplicaciones móviles,telemedicina,estudio de evaluación,hemorragia pós-parto,aplicativos móveis,estudo de avaliação

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