Objective To summarize the research literature about safety concerns with consumer-facing
health apps and their consequences. Materials and Methods We searched bibliographic …

Background Depression is a serious, disabling mental disorder that severely affects quality
of life. Patients with depression often do not receive adequate treatment. App-based …

The coexistence of childhood obesity (or its risk) and COVID-19 pandemic put children and
adolescents in greater risk to develop respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In fact, the …

Purpose To review the rating scales used to evaluate usability and quality of mobile health
applications, and to compare their purpose, content, and intended target users (ie, patients …

Objective The study sought to review the different assessment items that have been used
within existing health app evaluation frameworks aimed at individual, clinician, or …

Background Physical activity (PA) is important for health. However, there is little evidence on
how weight stigma, time spent on sedentary activities (including smartphone, social media …

Background Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) currently lack a consensus on
substantial quality and safety standards. As such, the number of individuals engaging with …

The need to characterize and assess health apps has inspired a significant amount of
research in the past years, in search for methods able to provide potential app users with …

Introduction and aim In recent years, numerous health-related apps have appeared on the
market, and assessing their quality has become crucial. A very popular tool worldwide …

Abstract Information behavior for health and fitness have attained increasing attention in the
e-health field. However, mobile users still need exploring a largely untapped resource on …