Table 1 Categorical overview of the sports medicine apps identified with respect to their cost, medical professional involvement and consumer ratings
From: Smartphone apps for orthopaedic sports medicine – a smart move?
Category | Target audience | No. of Apps | Price range [Mean] | Medical professional involvement | No. of Apps with ratings | Customer rating (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OVERALL | Patients/HCW | 76 | £0–£69.99 [£6.77] | 30/76 (39 %) | 39/76 (51 %) | Mean Score: 3.76 (1–5) Total reviewers: 471 |
Exercise programme | Patients | 27 | £0–£6.1 [£2.37] | 10/27 (37 %) | 14/27 (52 %) | Mean Score: 3.86 (1–5) No. of reviewers:202 |
Education Subcategories | Patients/HCW | 23 | £0–£2.33 [£1.72] | 9/23 (39 %) | 15/23 (65 %) | Mean Score: 3.8 (2–5) No. of reviewers: 211 |
HCW education | HCW | 13 | £0–£2.33 [£2.00] | 4/13 (31 %) | 5/13 (38 %) | Mean Score: 3.86 (3–5) No. of reviewers: 122 |
Patient education | Patients | 10 | £0–£0.85 [£0.85] | 5/10 (50 %) | 10/10 (100 %) | Mean Score: 3.77 (2–5) No. of reviewers: 89 |
Advertising Subcategories | Patients/ HCW | 11 | £0 [£0] | 6/11 (55 %) | 6/11 (55 %) | Mean Score: 4.3 (3–5) No. of reviewers: 34 |
Patient advertising | Patients | 9 | £0 [£0] | 6/9 (67 %) | 5/9 (56 %) | Mean Score: 4.55 (4–5) No. of reviewers: 29 |
HCW advertising | HCW | 2 | £0 [£0] | Nil (0 %) | 1/2 (50 %) | Mean Score: 2.5 (1–5) No. of reviewers: 5 |
Communication tool | HCW | 1 | £0 [£0] | 1/1 (100 %) | Nil (0 %) | - No. of reviewers: 0 |
Measuring tool | HCW | 7 | £0.61–£7.5 [£3.67] | 2/7 (29 %) | 4/7 (57 %) | Mean Score: 2.4 (1–5) No. of reviewers: 34 |
Calculation tool | HCW | 1 | £2.92 | Nil (0 %) | Nil (0 %) | - No. of reviewers: 0 |
Conference | HCW | 3 | £0 [£0] | Nil (0 %) | Nil (0 %) | - No. of reviewers: 0 |
Diagnosis making | Patients/HCW | 3 | £0–£69.99 [£39.99] | 2/3 (66 %) | Nil (0 %) | - No. of reviewers: 0 |