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Review
. 2022 Jan 27;22(1):22.
doi: 10.1186/s12911-022-01764-2.

The most used questionnaires for evaluating satisfaction, usability, acceptance, and quality outcomes of mobile health

Sadrieh Hajesmaeel-Gohari  1 , Firoozeh Khordastan  2 , Farhad Fatehi  3   4 , Hamidreza Samzadeh  5 , Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy  6
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Review

The most used questionnaires for evaluating satisfaction, usability, acceptance, and quality outcomes of mobile health

Sadrieh Hajesmaeel-Gohari et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. .

Abstract

Background: Various questionnaires are used for evaluating satisfaction, usability, acceptance, and quality outcomes of mobile health (mHealth) services. Using the best one to meet the needs of an mHealth study is a challenge for researchers. Therefore, this study aimed to review and determine the frequently used questionnaires for evaluating the mentioned outcomes of mHealth services.

Methods: The PubMed database was searched for conducting this review in April 2021. Papers that used a referenced questionnaire to evaluate the satisfaction, usability, acceptance, or quality outcomes of mHealth were included. The first author's name, year of publication, evaluation outcome, and evaluation questionnaire were extracted from relevant papers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Results: In total, 247 papers were included in the study. Questionnaires were used for usability (40%), quality (34.5%), acceptance (8.5%), and satisfaction (4%) outcomes, respectively. System usability scale (36.5%), mobile application rating scale (35.5%), post study system usability questionnaire (6%), user mobile application rating scale (5%), technology acceptance model (4.5%), computer system usability questionnaire (2.5%), net promoter score (2%), health information technology usability evaluation scale (2%), the usefulness, satisfaction, and ease of use (1.5%), client satisfaction questionnaire (1.5%), unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (1.5%), questionnaire for user interaction satisfaction (1%), user experience questionnaire (1%), and after-scenario questionnaire (1%) were the most used questionnaires, respectively.

Conclusion: Despite the existence of special questionnaires for evaluating several outcomes of mHealth, general questionnaires with fewer items and higher reliability have been used more frequently. Researchers should pay more attention to questionnaires with a goal-based design.

Keywords: Evaluation; Mobile health; Questionnaire.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no competing interests.

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The process of finding and including the papers
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The number of papers based on the year of publication
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