Content and features analysis of smartphone apps on Google Play Store to assist in self-management of Anaemia

By |2021-10-10T15:06:41+05:30September 29, 2021|

The objective of the study was to assess the features and content of Anemia apps available on the google play store to help manage anemia. The search was conducted for apps related to different types of anemia apps on the Google play store and Apple App Store in June 2021. A total of 350 apps were retrieved on Google Play Store for a different type of anemia while no app

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Evaluating the Childhood Obesity Apps in the Google Play Store

By |2021-10-10T14:56:05+05:30September 29, 2021|

The objective of the study was to assess the features of childhood obesity apps available in the google play store. We examined the inclusion of scientific evidence-based strategies in the apps for the management of childhood obesity. To achieve this, a search was conducted for childhood obesity apps in the Google play store in February 2021. A total of 250 apps were retrieved. After applying inclusion, exclusion criteria, and removing

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Assessment of Quality and Readability of Osteoporosis related health information on the Internet using DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid Tools

By |2021-10-10T14:45:47+05:30September 29, 2021|

The study assessed the quality and readability of health information on the internet on Osteoporosis. Keywords used in the Google search engine were “Osteoporosis”, “Osteoporosis causes”, “Osteoporosis diagnosis”, “Osteoporosis prevention”, and “Osteoporosis management”. Validated tools DISCERN and Flesch-Kincaid was used to assess the quality and readability. In total 41 unique websites were evaluated. The mean DISCERN score (out of 80) was 52.35±6.90 (Good quality). The average DISCERN score was the

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