Methods for Evaluating the Content, Usability, and Efficacy of Commercial Mobile Health Apps

Danielle E Jake-Schoffman   ¹ , PhD ;   Valerie J Silfee   ¹ , PhD ;   Molly E Waring   ^{2, 3, 4} , PhD ;   Edwin D Boudreaux   ^{3, 5} , PhD ;   Rajani S Sadasivam   ⁶ , PhD ;   Sean P Mullen   ⁷ , PhD ;   Jennifer L Carey   ⁵ , MD ;   Rashelle B Hayes   ⁸ , PhD ;   Eric Y Ding   ³ , MS ;   Gary G Bennett   ^{9, 10} , PhD ;   Sherry L Pagoto   ² , PhD

¹ Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

² Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

³ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁶ Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁷ Department of Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

⁸ Division of Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

⁹ Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

¹⁰ Duke Digital Health Science Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States