A Preliminary Evaluation of Mobile Phone Apps to Curb Alcohol Consumption

Mobile apps have become increasingly prevalent in modern society, and persuasive technology has a broader market than ever. Mobile-based alcohol cessation apps can promote positive behaviour change in users and improve the overall health of our society. This research aimed to understand the various...

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Autores principales: Mubin, Omar, Cai, Billy, Al Mahmud, Abdullah, Kharub, Isha, Lwin, Michael, Khan, Aila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010135
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author Mubin, Omar
Cai, Billy
Al Mahmud, Abdullah
Kharub, Isha
Lwin, Michael
Khan, Aila
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description Mobile apps have become increasingly prevalent in modern society, and persuasive technology has a broader market than ever. Mobile-based alcohol cessation apps can promote positive behaviour change in users and improve the overall health of our society. This research aimed to understand the various features users respond to and make design recommendations for alcohol cessation apps. This paper reports on three sources of feedback (user ratings, user reviews, MARS App Quality score) provided on 20 alcohol cessation apps in the Google Play Store. Our findings suggest that self-control type apps received much greater positive user reviews than motivational apps. In addition, this trend was not observed through numeric user ratings. We also speculate on design recommendations for apps that are meant to inhibit alcohol intake.
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spelling pubmed-87504832022-01-12 A Preliminary Evaluation of Mobile Phone Apps to Curb Alcohol Consumption Mubin, Omar Cai, Billy Al Mahmud, Abdullah Kharub, Isha Lwin, Michael Khan, Aila Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Mobile apps have become increasingly prevalent in modern society, and persuasive technology has a broader market than ever. Mobile-based alcohol cessation apps can promote positive behaviour change in users and improve the overall health of our society. This research aimed to understand the various features users respond to and make design recommendations for alcohol cessation apps. This paper reports on three sources of feedback (user ratings, user reviews, MARS App Quality score) provided on 20 alcohol cessation apps in the Google Play Store. Our findings suggest that self-control type apps received much greater positive user reviews than motivational apps. In addition, this trend was not observed through numeric user ratings. We also speculate on design recommendations for apps that are meant to inhibit alcohol intake. MDPI 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8750483/ /pubmed/35010392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010135 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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