Aditya Mahadevan, Ronald Rivera, Mahan Najhawan, Soheil Saadat, Matthew Strehlow, G V Ramana Rao, Julie Youm
Assessing the Efficacy of a Novel Massive Open Online Soft Skills Course for South Asian Healthcare Professionals
Journal of medical systems
potential health apps health promotion disease prevention widely recognized however uptake limited due barriers individuals face finding suitable trustworthy apps overwhelming amount available health apps therefore health app platform fitknip developed enabling individuals purchase preselected trustworthy health apps budget 100 euros currency exchange rate eur 1us 10831 applicable platform aimed empower individuals improve health vitality ultimately supporting healthy society primary aim study evaluate health app platform terms feasibility acceptability potential effects health empowerment health outcomes secondarily explored quantitative study part mixed methods study prospective prepost interventional design collected webbased user data selfreported webbased questionnaires collected 5 measurements 8month period use statistics tracked platform including number purchased apps euros spent per user registered within health app platform measured userfriendliness health app platform using system usability scale sus satisfaction using client satisfaction questionnaire8 csq8 several 10point likert items asked participants indicate scale 1 10 completely much health app platform contributed various areas related health empowerment assessed healthrelated quality life 12item shortform health survey sf12 ones perceived level stress 10item perceived stress scale pss10 total 1650 participants included 42 6851650 bought least 1 app majority purchased one app 244685 356 health app platform rated userfriendly sus mean 665 sd 207 range 665700 acceptability health app platform moderate csq8 mean 200 sd 15 range 196200 results furthermore showed participants generally satisfied highly satisfied ease payment system purchase apps platform median 8 iqr 710 look feel platform median 7 iqr 68 well provided budget 100 euros median 9 iqr 710 participants less satisfied amount median 6 iqr 47 diversity median 6 iqr 47 apps offered platform health app platform promising initiative enhance public health feasibility acceptability critical success ensure platform accessible userfriendly meets end users needs preferences help increase uptake engagement ultimately platforms adoption effectiveness