Managing and controlling stress using mhealth: systematic search in app stores

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dc.contributor.authorBlázquez Martín, David
dc.contributor.authorTorre Díez, Isabel de la
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Zapirain, Begoña
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Coronado, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Joel
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-26T13:09:45Z
dc.date.available2026-02-26T13:09:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-09
dc.date.updated2026-02-26T13:09:45Z
dc.description.abstractTraditional stress management techniques have been proven insufficient to tackle the needs of today’s population. Computational-based techniques and now mobile health (mHealth) apps are showing promise to enable ease of use and access while educating end users on self-management. The main aim of this paper was to put forward a systematic review of mHealth apps for stress management. The scenario chosen for this study consists of a sample of the most relevant mHealth apps found on the British and Spanish online stores of the two main mobile operating systems: iOS and Android. The apps have been categorized and scored base on their impact, presence, number of results, language, and operating system. A total of 433 different mobile apps for stress management was analyzed. Of these apps, 21.7% (94/433) belonged to the “relaxing music” category, 10.9% (47/433) were in the “draw and paint” category, 1.2% (5/433) belonged to the “heart rate control” category, and 1.2% (5/433) fell under “integral methodology.” Only 2.0% (8/433) of the apps qualified as high or medium interest while 98.0% were low interest. Furthermore, 2.0% (8/433) of the apps were available on both iOS and Android, and 98% of apps ran on only one platform (iOS or Android). There are many low-value apps available at the moment, but the analysis shows that they are adding new functionalities and becoming fully integrated self-management systems with extra capabilities such as professional assistance services and online support communities.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission under the project ICT-24-2016-732375, by national funding from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through the UID/EEA/500008/2013 project, by the government of the Russian Federation (grant 074-U01), and by Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos with resources from Fundo para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico das Telecomunicações (grant 01.14.0231.00) under the Centro de Referência em Radiocomunicações project of the Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, Brazilen
dc.identifier.citationMartín, D. B., De La Torre, I., Garcia-Zapirain, B., Lopez-Coronado, M., & Rodrigues, J. (2018). Managing and controlling stress using mhealth: systematic search in app stores. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/MHEALTH.8866
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/MHEALTH.8866
dc.identifier.eissn2291-5222
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5260
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJMIR Publications Inc.
dc.rights© David Blázquez Martín, Isabel De La Torre, Begonya Garcia-Zapirain, Miguel Lopez-Coronado, Joel Rodrigues
dc.subject.otherApps
dc.subject.otherControl
dc.subject.otherManagement
dc.subject.othermHealth
dc.subject.otherStress
dc.titleManaging and controlling stress using mhealth: systematic search in app storesen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.titleJMIR mHealth and uHealth
oaire.citation.volume6
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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