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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Neurother. 2020 Sep 23;20(11):1177–1187. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1819792

Table 1.

Criteria to Evaluate Lay Professional/Industry Apps

Functionality Clinical Utility
Pain tracking Evidence-based content
Other symptom tracking (e.g. sleep, mood) Engaging content
Ability to set goals Ease of use
Pain psychoeducation Developmentally relevant
Skills training Impact on clinical outcomes
Integration of wearable sensors/other patient data Positive user ratings
Social support

Note: Categories based on work by Lalloo & Colleagues and Smith & Colleagues [113, 114]