Evaluation of the Smartphone Applications in Antibiotic Prescription

Introduction: One of the important challenges for physicians is choic e right antibiotics various diseases. In this regard, a mobile application could be helpful. The main purpose study was to compare quality applications designed an antibiotic prescription help in choosing . Method : study, English non -commercial apps from Apple App Store and Google Play were searched using relevant keywords. selected independently scored by infectious disease specialist pharmacist Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS ). Kendall’s coefficient concordance used assess inter -rater agreement. Kolmogorov -Smirnov test verify normal distribution quantitative variables. Spearman's rank -order correlation applied determine relationship between MARS scores background variables Mann -Whitney U tests dichotomous Results: initial search until August 2022, 13 eligible evaluation. score obtained without -app advertisements (median: 3.9, IQR: 3.4 -6. 1) significantly higher than containing 2.9, 2.3 - 8 (P=0.029). objective domain MARS, highest mean belonged engagement section (3.9±0.4) lowest functionality (3.5±0.5). Conclusion: This indicated that prescribe meet acceptable criteria. Considering lower s "engagement" demonstrated designers have paid less attention comparison "information quality" section.