Research progress on usability assessment of mobile health applications

This paper reviewes the concept definition, assessment status, assessment tools, assessment theory, assessment methods and assessment procedures of mobile health applications (mHealth APP) in the field of nursing. And this paper aimes at making researchers pay more attention to standardized usability assessment of mHealth APP so as to provide a reference for the related usability assessment research of mHealth APP in the nursing field. Key words: Review; Nursing; Mobile health; Applications; Usability