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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Sep 17;38(8):983–994. doi: 10.1177/1049909120959057

App Features.

Item Criterion Code
Personal Info App is accessible without registering/entering personal information
 0 = no
 1 = yes
 99 = cannot find/unsure
Personalization of Documents App can receive input to do things like answer questions or personalize documents
 0 = no, user cannot enter information into the app at all (which would mean that it cannot be personalized), OR information entered by the user is not auto-populated into any documents/saved on the app
 1 = yes, user can enter info into the app and that info is used to auto-populate documents/saved on the app
 99 = cannot find/unsure
Tracks and reports user progress App displays information about progress
 0 = no, does not tell user how much work is remaining, how much they have completed, how much they have left to complete
 1 = yes, indicates to user how much work remains, how much they have already completed given what is available on the app
 99 = cannot find/unsure
Contains links to external webpages App contains hyperlinks to external webpages
 0 = no, no links to ANY external webpages or websites
 1 = yes, includes links to the website that is associated with the app itself (e.g., MyDirectives is a good example—they link to the site so that you can fill out forms on the site which goes back into the app)
 99 = cannot find/unsure
Contains videos App contains video content
 0 = no
 1 = yes
 99 = cannot find/unsure
Contains graphics App contains graphics/infographics
 0 = no
 1 = yes
 99 = cannot find/unsure