Background. The number of mobile health applications is rapidly increasing, yet no reliable tool exists for occupational therapists and their clients to rate the quality of these apps. Purpose. To develop the Alberta Rating Index for Apps (ARIA). Methods. Through a sequential design in three phases, we developed a rating index for mobile health applications and examined its reliability and validity with 10 participants. Findings. The coefficients of reliability were 0.95 for occupational therapists, 0.60 for older adults, and 0.88 for adults with a mental health condition. ARIA's correlation with another scale used in app review studies, U-MARS, was low to moderate. Implications. ARIA showed a high inter-rater reliability in two of the three user groups. ARIA is comprehensive and includes criteria not captured by U-MARS, such as privacy and security. Further studies are warranted with diverse raters and health apps.

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艾伯塔省应用评级指数：可靠性和有效性研究。

背景。移动健康应用程序的数量正在迅速增加，但没有可靠的工具可供职业治疗师及其客户评估这些应用程序的质量。目的。开发艾伯塔省应用评级指数 (ARIA)。方法。通过三个阶段的顺序设计，我们开发了一个移动健康应用评级指数，并与 10 名参与者一起检查了它的信度和效度。发现。职业治疗师的信度系数为 0.95，老年人为 0.60，有精神健康问题的成年人为 0.88。ARIA 与应用审查研究中使用的另一个量表 U-MARS 的相关性从低到中等。影响。ARIA 在三个用户组中的两个中显示出较高的评分者间可靠性。ARIA 是全面的，包括 U-MARS 未捕获的标准，比如隐私和安全。需要对不同的评估者和健康应用程序进行进一步的研究。