TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile Apps for the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)
T2 - App Quality Evaluation
AU - DiFilippo, Kristen Nicole
AU - Huang, Wen Hao David
AU - Chapman-Novakofski, Karen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Objective: To identify the availability and quality of apps supporting Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) education. Methods: The researchers identified DASH apps over 1 month in the Apple App Store. Five registered dietitians used the App Quality Evaluation (AQEL) to evaluate app quality on 7 domains. Interrater reliability was tested using intraclass correlations. Results: One paid and 3 free DASH apps were evaluated. Interrater reliability (n = 5) was good for 3 apps and fair for 1 app. Only the paid app scored high (>8 of 10) on most AQEL quality domains. Conclusions and Implications: Based on lower quality found among the included free apps, further development of free apps is warranted. Whereas the paid app may be useful in supporting DASH education, future research should determine whether improvements in clinical outcomes are found and whether this app should be improved to address AQEL domains better.
AB - Objective: To identify the availability and quality of apps supporting Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) education. Methods: The researchers identified DASH apps over 1 month in the Apple App Store. Five registered dietitians used the App Quality Evaluation (AQEL) to evaluate app quality on 7 domains. Interrater reliability was tested using intraclass correlations. Results: One paid and 3 free DASH apps were evaluated. Interrater reliability (n = 5) was good for 3 apps and fair for 1 app. Only the paid app scored high (>8 of 10) on most AQEL quality domains. Conclusions and Implications: Based on lower quality found among the included free apps, further development of free apps is warranted. Whereas the paid app may be useful in supporting DASH education, future research should determine whether improvements in clinical outcomes are found and whether this app should be improved to address AQEL domains better.
KW - evaluation
KW - hypertension
KW - mobile apps
KW - smartphone
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.02.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 29526661
AN - SCOPUS:85042917562
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 50
SP - 620
EP - 625
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -