Market analysis and quality assessment of applications on Android-devices for patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Ukraine-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Market analysis and quality assessment of applications on Android-devices for patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Ukraine

Published:2023-09-09 Issue:3 Volume:27 Page:469-473
ISSN:2522-9354
Container-title:Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University
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Short-container-title:Rep. of Vinnytsia Nation. Med. Univ.

Author:

Demchuk A.^ORCID,Poberezhets V.^ORCID,Tsyben M.^ORCID,Shkondin S.^ORCID

Abstract

Annotation. A modern and effective tool for managing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchial asthma (BA) are software applications for smartphones. In order to analyze and evaluate the quality of applications for ANDROID devices available in Ukraine, which can be used by patients with BA and COPD, relevant apps were searched in the Google Play app store. We analyzed their scope, including age restrictions, number of downloads, interface language, user rating. The quality of the apps was assessed according to the guidelines of the Health and Care Mobile App Assessment Organization (ORCHA), and the reliability checklist of an untested mobile health app. We found that Ukrainians have access to 47 mobile apps for ANDROID devices to help them adapt to living with the disease. Of these, only five applications are free and in Ukrainian, but only two are software applications in terms of quality and meet the requirements of ORCHA, so may be recommended for use in patients with AD and COPD, that is insufficient to meet the needs of Ukrainian patients.

Publisher

Vinnytsia National Pyrogov Memorial Medical University

Subject

General Medicine

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