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Table 1.

Summary of our app reviews, which are used as cases to inform the methods for conducting systematic app reviews

First author(s); date published	Aim	Purpose of review	Number of apps reviewed
Paripoorani et al; in-progress²⁵	To explore and identify menopause apps available in the UK, assess their quality, functions and content, and determine whether and to what extent they focus on menopause-related osteoporosis.	Standalone app review.	28
Vercell et al 2022²⁴	To identify patient-facing cancer apps which can record patient-reported outcomes, and to explore their purpose, functionality, quality and ability to integrate with electronic health records.	Standalone app review.	12
Gasteiger et al 2022²⁰	To identify patient-facing smartphone apps related to genetic or genomic conditions available in the UK and explore their purpose, functions and quality.	Inform the design of a genetics app which is being co-designed with community members.	22
Gasteiger et al 2021¹⁹	To identify smartphone apps that support hand hygiene practice and to assess their content, technical and functional features and quality. A secondary objective was to make design and research recommendations for future apps.	Background of wider project on extended reality hand hygiene training.	90
Ali et al 2021²⁶	To explore the current state of smartphone-based pain manikins and to formulate recommendations to guide their development in the future.	To formulate recommendations to guide the development of pain manikins in the future.	28
Pearsons et al 2021²³	To identify commercially available atrial fibrillation self-management apps, analyse and synthesise their characteristics, functions, privacy/security, behaviour change techniques, quality and usability.	To inform the development and testing of a new app for atrial fibrillation.	5
McGarrigle et al 2020²⁷	To identify existing apps and websites to support independent engagement in strength and balance exercises by older people, and to evaluate evidence for effectiveness, quality and use of behaviour change techniques.	To provide evidence-based alternatives to face-to-face exercise classes.	13