Table 11.

Key issues and recommendations for mHealth app internationalisation features

Key issues found	Recommendations
- Some mHealth functionalities suffer	- As mHealth app users are diverse in terms of
from some translation issues	language, more thorough internationalisation
	including medical terms and health expecta-
	tions of divere users before releasing updates
- Users request updates to add lan-	- Developers should ensure that the devel-
guage support or medical/health ex-	oped app supports the widely used lan-
pressions from their own language to	guages, including using the most common
make the app more accessible	medical/health expressions in different lan-
	guages
- Some apps target a specific age or	- Developers should ensure that the app tar-
gender, which benenefits a particular	gets users of wide range of ages and genders,
type of user and is a concern for others	unless the app is targeting a specific health is-
	sue relevant to a particular group