Telepsychological Mobile Applications in the Spanish Android Market.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2021.384

Ana-María Cubillo-Leivas, Pablo J Olivares-Olivares, Ángel Rosa-Alcázar

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Abstract

Background: The use of Android mobile applications aimed at addressing users' psychological health is increasing. However, no review has been conducted on public Android commercial telepsychological applications in Spain.

Method: A systematic search was carried out in the general applications section of Google Play Store based on 20 keywords in Spanish. Applications in Spanish or English that were relevant from the perspective of the search terms were included in the analysis.

Results: Of the 1,000 applications retrieved, only 43.59% (337/773) met the inclusion criteria, of which 49.26% (171/337) were Spanish. Most of them were Self-applied treatment applications (52.96%, 29.59%, Spanish; 23.37%, English). A total of 69.44% (37.38% Spanish; 31.95% English) did not indicate the origin of the information and the academic link was anecdotal (3.25%).

Conclusions: The low percentage of relevant applications, high prevalence of self-help applications, absence of references on the origin of the information, absence of academic support, and lack of certifications encouraged us to recommend caution to consumers and professionals in their adoption of these applications for the treatment of any psychological disorder.

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西班牙Android市场中的远程心理学移动应用程序。

背景:针对用户心理健康的Android移动应用的使用正在增加。然而，西班牙尚未对公共Android商业远程心理学应用程序进行审查。方法:基于20个西班牙语关键词，在Google Play Store通用应用区进行系统检索。从搜索词的角度来看相关的西班牙语或英语应用程序被包括在分析中。结果:检索到的1000份应用中，符合纳入标准的仅占43.59%(337/773)，其中西班牙语占49.26%(171/337)。以自敷治疗应用为主(52.96%，29.59%，西班牙语;23.37%,英语)。共69.44%(西班牙语37.38%;(31.95%英文)没有表明信息的来源，学术联系是道听途说(3.25%)。结论:相关应用的低百分比，自助应用的高流行率，缺乏信息来源的参考资料，缺乏学术支持，缺乏认证，鼓励我们建议消费者和专业人士在采用这些应用来治疗任何心理障碍时要谨慎。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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