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01-01-2016 | Review Article

Analysis of the Information Quality of Bariatric Surgery Smartphone Applications Using the Silberg Scale

Authors: Melvyn W. B. Zhang, Roger C. M. Ho, Raed Hawa, Sanjeev Sockalingam

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2016

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There is a paucity of literature that has evaluated the information quality of the current bariatric and obesity applications. Our objective was to evaluate the quality of currently available smartphone applications for bariatric-patient care using the Silberg scale. The two most widely used smartphone application online stores were searched in June 2014 and a total of 39 applications were evaluated. The average Silberg score of the 39 applications was 4.0 ± 1.76. The current gaps of information quality include the lack of provision of appropriate references, full disclosure of sponsorship, and accurate disclosure whether the application has been modified in the past month.

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Title: Analysis of the Information Quality of Bariatric Surgery Smartphone Applications Using the Silberg Scale
Authors: Melvyn W. B. Zhang
Roger C. M. Ho
Raed Hawa
Sanjeev Sockalingam
Publication date: 01-01-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1890-5

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