Patient-facing cancer mobile apps that enable patient reported outcome data to be collected: A systematic review of content, functionality, quality, and ability to integrate with electronic health records

Vercell, Amy; Gasteiger, Norina; Yorke, Janelle; Dowding, Dawn

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104931

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“…Details regarding the app included the primary and secondary users, meaning the intended audience and other individuals who could engage with the app such as for data entry; the functionality of the app; the version of the app; and the condition or purpose of the app. The app’s functionality was identified using the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics functionality scoring system [ 27 ], a well-established scale for functionality assessment [ 28 - 30 ]. The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics functionality scoring system consists of 7 main categories and 4 subcategories, and the overall functionality score, between 0 and 11, is calculated by summing the scores across individual items, where 1 indicates presence and 0 indicates absence.…”

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Nurses’ Roles in mHealth App Development: Scoping Review

Bakker,

Wyatt,

Breth

et al. 2023

JMIR Nursing

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Background Although mobile health (mHealth) apps for both health consumers and health care providers are increasingly common, their implementation is frequently unsuccessful when there is a misalignment between the needs of the user and the app’s functionality. Nurses are well positioned to help address this challenge. However, nurses’ engagement in mHealth app development remains unclear. Objective This scoping review aims to determine the extent of the evidence of the role of nurses in app development, delineate developmental phases in which nurses are involved, and to characterize the type of mHealth apps nurses are involved in developing. Methods We conducted a scoping review following the 6-stage methodology. We searched 14 databases to identify publications on the role of nurses in mHealth app development and hand searched the reference lists of relevant publications. Two independent researchers performed all screening and data extraction, and a third reviewer resolved any discrepancies. Data were synthesized and grouped by the Software Development Life Cycle phase, and the app functionality was described using the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics functionality scoring system. Results The screening process resulted in 157 publications being included in our analysis. Nurses were involved in mHealth app development across all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle but most frequently participated in design and prototyping, requirements gathering, and testing. Nurses most often played the role of evaluators, followed by subject matter experts. Nurses infrequently participated in software development or planning, and participation as patient advocates, research experts, or nurse informaticists was rare. Conclusions Although nurses were represented throughout the preimplementation development process, nurses’ involvement was concentrated in specific phases and roles.

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Nurses’ Roles in mHealth App Development: Scoping Review

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Wyatt,

Breth

et al. 2023

JMIR Nursing

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“…For example, for our hand hygiene app review we only used two keywords: hand hygiene and hand washing. 19 In our cancer app review, 24 we used more keywords, but all were related to the health domain and only one focused on the target user (patients): cancer, cancer patient, cancer treatment, cancer management and cancer side effects.…”

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“…To give an indication of how many apps is reasonable to review, we previously identified 236, 25 405, 24 555, 23 668, 19 754 20 and 3938 26 health apps from initial searches, before screening or deduplication took place. One of our reviews identified 7561 apps before screening 27 due to the topic (exercise), for which many apps exist.…”

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Conducting a systematic review and evaluation of commercially available mobile applications (apps) on a health-related topic: the TECH approach and a step-by-step methodological guide

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ObjectivesTo provide an overview of the methodological considerations for conducting commercial smartphone health app reviews (mHealth reviews), with the aim of systematising the process and supporting high-quality evaluations of mHealth apps.DesignSynthesis of our research team’s experiences of conducting and publishing various reviews of mHealth apps available on app stores and hand-searching the top medical informatics journals (eg, The Lancet Digital Health, npj Digital Medicine, Journal of Biomedical Informatics and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association) over the last five years (2018–2022) to identify other app reviews to contribute to the discussion of this method and supporting framework for developing a research (review) question and determining the eligibility criteria.ResultsWe present seven steps to support rigour in conducting reviews of health apps available on the app market: (1) writing a research question or aims, (2) conducting scoping searches and developing the protocol, (3) determining the eligibility criteria using the TECH framework, (4) conducting the final search and screening of health apps, (5) data extraction, (6) quality, functionality and other assessments and (7) analysis and synthesis of findings. We introduce the novel TECH approach to developing review questions and the eligibility criteria, which considers the Target user, Evaluation focus, Connectedness and the Health domain. Patient and public involvement and engagement opportunities are acknowledged, including co-developing the protocol and undertaking quality or usability assessments.ConclusionCommercial mHealth app reviews can provide important insights into the health app market, including the availability of apps and their quality and functionality. We have outlined seven key steps for conducting rigorous health app reviews in addition to the TECH acronym, which can support researchers in writing research questions and determining the eligibility criteria. Future work will include a collaborative effort to develop reporting guidelines and a quality appraisal tool to ensure transparency and quality in systematic app reviews.

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“…Vercell et al, 2022 [22] To identify patient-facing cancer apps which can record patient reported outcomes, and to explore their purpose, functionality, quality, and ability to integrate with electronic health records.…”

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“…In our previous work, we identi ed 236 [21], 405 [22], 555 [24], 668 [19], 754 [20] and 3938 [23] health apps from initial searches, before screening or deduplication took place. One of our reviews identi ed 7561 apps before screening [25] due to the topic (exercise), for which many apps exist.…”

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Conducting a systematic review and evaluation of commercially available mobile applications (apps) on a health-related topic: the TECH approach and a step-by-step methodological guide

Gasteiger

Dowding

Norman

et al. 2023

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Objectives: To provide an overview of the methodological considerations for conducting commercial smartphone health app reviews (mHealth reviews), with the aim of systematising the process and supporting high-quality evaluations of mHealth apps. Design: Synthesis of our research team’s experiences of conducting and publishing various reviews of mHealth apps and hand-searching the top medical informatics journals (e.g., The Lancet Digital Health, npj Digital Medicine, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association) over the last five years (2018-2022) to identify other app reviews to contribute to the discussion of this method and supporting framework for developing a research (review) question and determining the eligibility criteria. Results: We present seven steps to support rigour in conducting app reviews in health: 1) writing a research question, 2) conducting scoping searches and developing the protocol, 3) determining the eligibility criteria using the TECH framework, 4) conducting the final search and screening of health apps, 5) data extraction, 6) quality, functionality, and other assessments and 7) analysis and synthesis of findings. We introduce the novel TECH approach to developing review questions and the eligibility criteria, which considers the Target user, Evaluation focus, Connectedness, and the Health domain. Patient and public involvement and engagement opportunities are acknowledged, including co-developing the protocol and undertaking quality or usability assessments. Conclusion: Commercial mHealth app reviews can provide important insights into the health app market, including the availability of apps and their quality and functionality. We have outlined seven key steps for conducting rigorous health app reviews in addition to the TECH acronym, which can support researchers in writing research questions and determining the eligibility criteria. Future work will include a collaborative effort to develop reporting guidelines and a quality appraisal tool to ensure transparency and quality in systematic app reviews.

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Patient-facing cancer mobile apps that enable patient reported outcome data to be collected: A systematic review of content, functionality, quality, and ability to integrate with electronic health records

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Nurses’ Roles in mHealth App Development: Scoping Review

Nurses’ Roles in mHealth App Development: Scoping Review

Conducting a systematic review and evaluation of commercially available mobile applications (apps) on a health-related topic: the TECH approach and a step-by-step methodological guide

Conducting a systematic review and evaluation of commercially available mobile applications (apps) on a health-related topic: the TECH approach and a step-by-step methodological guide

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