Anette Tast, Anne Kasén, Karin Bölenius, Yvonne Hilli
Being a Newly Qualified Nurse: A Nordic Focus Group Study
SAGE open nursing
analyse relationship health app quality user ratings number downloads corresponding health apps utilising dataset 881 androidbased health apps assessed via 300point objective organisation review care health applications orcha assessment tool explored whether subjective userlevel indicators quality user ratings downloads correlate objective quality scores domains user experience data privacy professionalclinical assurance purpose applied spearman correlation multiple linear regression models user experience professionalclinical assurance data privacy scores models low adjusted r squared values 02 suggesting meaningful link subjective user ratings number health app downloads objective quality measures spearman correlations suggested prior downloads weak positive correlation user experience scores spearman 084 p 012 data privacy scores spearman 088 p 009 weak negative correlation downloads professionalclinical assurance score spearman 081 p 016 additionally user ratings demonstrated weak correlation statistically significant correlations observed user ratings scores p 005 orcha scores multiple linear regression adjusted rsquared 002 study highlights widely available proxies users may perceive signify quality health apps namely user ratings downloads inaccurate predictors estimating quality indicates need wider use quality assurance methodologies accurately determine quality safety compliance health apps findings suggest done enable users recognise highquality health apps including digital health literacy training provision nationally endorsed libraries