@文章{信息:doi/10.2196/38737，作者="Liu, Sam and La, Henry and Willms, Amanda and Rhodes, Ryan E"，标题="一个''无代码'的移动健康研究应用程序设计平台:开发和可用性研究"，期刊="JMIR Form Res"，年="2022"，月="Aug"，日="18"，卷="6"，号="8"，页="e38737"，关键词="应用程序开发;行为改变技术;健康促进;移动健康;移动应用程序;应用程序开发;设计平台;平台开发;无代码移动健康应用;没有代码的应用程序; no-code; end user; participatory research; Pathverse; agile; hybrid-agile; software design; software development; software developer; computer science; BCT; behavior change; research tool; research instrument; digital platform; mHealth; mobile app", abstract="Background: A challenge facing researchers conducting mobile health (mHealth) research is the amount of resources required to develop mobile apps. This can be a barrier to generating relevant knowledge in a timely manner. The recent rise of ``no-code'' software development platforms may overcome this challenge and enable researchers to decrease the cost and time required to develop mHealth research apps. Objective: We aimed to describe the development process and the lessons learned to build Pathverse, a no-code mHealth app design platform. Methods: The study took place between November 2019 and December 2021. We used a participatory research framework to develop the mHealth app design platform. In phase 1, we worked with researchers to gather key platform feature requirements and conducted an exploratory literature search to determine needs related to this platform. In phase 2, we used an agile software framework (Scrum) to develop the platform. Each development sprint cycle was 4 weeks in length. We created a minimum viable product at the end of 7 sprint cycles. In phase 3, we used a convenience sample of adults (n=5) to gather user feedback through usability and acceptability testing. In phase 4, we further developed the platform based on user feedback, following the V-model software development process. Results: Our team consulted end users (ie, researchers) and utilized behavior change technique taxonomy and behavior change models (ie, the multi-process action control framework) to guide the development of features. The first version of the Pathverse platform included features that allowed researchers to (1) design customized multimedia app content (eg, interactive lessons), (2) set content delivery logic (eg, only show new lessons when completing the previous lesson), (3) implement customized participant surveys, (4) provide self-monitoring tools, (5) set personalized goals, and (6) customize app notifications. Usability and acceptability testing revealed that researchers found the platform easy to navigate and that the features were intuitive to use. Potential improvements include the ability to deliver adaptive interventions and add features such as community group chat. Conclusions: To our knowledge, Pathverse is the first no-code mHealth app design platform for developing mHealth interventions for behavior. We successfully used behavior change models and the behavior change technique taxonomy to inform the feature requirements of Pathverse. Overall, the use of a participatory framework, combined with the agile and hybrid-agile software development process, enabled our team to successfully develop the Pathverse platform. ", issn="2561-326X", doi="10.2196/38737", url="https://formative.www.mybigtv.com/2022/8/e38737", url="https://doi.org/10.2196/38737", url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35980740" }