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. 2022 Jan 11;10(1):e26563. doi: 10.2196/26563

Table 2.

Questions regarding the relevance for each of the nine quality principles (translated from the original German version).

Principle Perceived relevance
Practicality How important is it to you that apps can be used for the intended purpose?
Risk adequacy How important is it to you that apps are low risk in terms of health, social, or economic risks?
Ethical soundness How important is it to you to avoid discrimination and stigmatization when developing, offering, operating, and using apps?
Legal conformity How important is it to you that data protection, professional, and health regulations are respected in apps?
Content validity How important is the validity and trustworthiness of the health-related content presented and used in an app to you?
Technical adequacy How important are easy maintainability and platform-independent or cross-platform usability of apps to you?
Usability How important is the target group–oriented design and operation of apps to you?
Resource efficiency How important to you is the efficient use of resources through apps, for example in terms of battery and computing power?
Transparency How important is it to you that apps provide transparent information about inherent quality features?