title: [Assessment method for mobile health applications in Spanish: The iSYScore index].
abstract: The widespread of mobile smartphones among the population has resulted in a growing range of mobile applications in health using iOS and Android devices. The level of confidence that such applications deserve and the health information available online to the general population is a widely debated issue. The main objective of this work was to develop a tool -a scale-, for evaluating the reliability of health apps. The scale was developed using a systematic evidence-based approach, and with an expert consensus, built with a Delphi process. This was followed by a health app catalogue, which was used to test and validate our method that helps to recommend the best apps for non-medical experts across 3 different user interest axes: 1) popularity and interest; 2) trust and quality; and 3) usefulness.
authors.affiliation: Fundacion iSYS , Barcelona, España; Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Grupo Transversal de Investigación en Atención Primaria, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) , Barcelona, España. Electronic address: inmaculada.grau@gmail.com.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grau
authors.affiliation: Grupo Transversal de Investigación en Atención Primaria, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) , Barcelona, España; Centro de Salud Les Corts, Consorcio de Atención Primaria de Salut Eixample (CAPSE), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kostov
authors.affiliation: Fundacion iSYS , Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canadá.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grajales Iii
authors.affiliation: Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Noruega.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernández-Luque
authors.affiliation: Grupo Transversal de Investigación en Atención Primaria, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) , Barcelona, España; Centro de Salud Les Corts, Consorcio de Atención Primaria de Salut Eixample (CAPSE), Barcelona, España; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sisó-Almirall
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000592:standards*; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007802:Language; D063731:Mobile Applications / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D000068997:Smartphone; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Apps; Baremo; Empoderar; Empower; HIT; Health 2.0; Salud 2.0; Score; Tecnologías de la información en salud; eHealth; ePaciente; ePatient; eSalud; mHealth; mSalud