Chinese Mobile Health APPs for Hypertension Management: A Systematic Evaluation of Usefulness

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of target APPs.

Criterion name	Declaration
Inclusion criterion 1 (IC1)	The search terms were “高血压” or “hypertension.”
Inclusion criterion 2 (IC2)	Free Android or iOS APPs (paid APPs were excluded). (If one APP had both free and paid versions, the paid version was excluded.)
Inclusion criterion 3 (IC3)	Belonging to either health or medical APPs.
Inclusion criterion 4 (IC4)	Must include APPs for the hypertension prevention and treatment business.
Inclusion criterion 5 (IC5)	The target users were marked as mHealth APPs for non-health care professionals (non-HCP). HCPs referred to those included in the World Health Organization’s health professional categorization [28].
Exclusion criterion1 (EC1)	APPs were only data receiving and transferring ends of external facilities or sensors and did not function for the prevention, treatment, and management of hypertension.
Exclusion criterion2 (EC2)	APPs did not support Chinese characters (either simple or traditional Chinese).