Mobile App Rating Scale: A New Tool for Assessing the Quality of Health Mobile Apps

Mobile App Rating Scale: A New Tool for Assessing the Quality of Health Mobile Apps

BackgroundThe 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. ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to develop a reliable, multidimensi...

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Main Authors:	Stoyanov, Stoyan R, Hides, Leanne, Kavanagh, David J, Zelenko, Oksana, Tjondronegoro, Dian, Mani, Madhavan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JMIR Publications 2015-03-01
Series:	JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Online Access:	http://mhealth.jmir.org/2015/1/e27/

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