Assessing the quality and usability of smartphone apps for pain self-management

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 898-909

  Reynoldson, Charmian ^a   Stones, Catherine ^a   Allsop, Matthew ^b   Gardner, Peter ^a   Bennett, Michael I ^b   Closs, S José ^a   Jones, Rick ^b   Knapp, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

App; Pain; Self Management; Smartphone; Technology; Usability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLOR; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENT PAIN; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE APPS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ANALGESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903306580     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12327     Document Type: Article

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