Mobile applications in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: systematic search, use case mapping, and quality assessment using the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS)

Table 3 Differences in the mean MARS scores between app use case

MARS scores	Managing exposure to COVID-19 Mean (SD)	Promoting health personal tracking Mean^a	Providing health monitoring Mean (SD)	Raising awareness Mean (SD)	All apps Mean (SD)	P value^b	P value^c	P value^d
Engagement	2.55 (0.6)	3.80	3.57 (0.5)	3.70 (0.1)	3.13 (0.8)	0.00079	0.04772	1.00000
Functionality	3.38 (0.8)	3.75	4.27 (0.5)	4.86 (0.2)	3.90 (0.8)	0.0072	0.0170	0.6943
Aesthetics	2.94 (0.9)	3.00	4.28 (0.6)	5.00 (0)	3.69 (1.0)	0.0008	0.0052	0.6765
Information	3.38 (0.6)	4.50	4.03 (0.5)	4.91 (0.1)	3.82 (0.7)	0.0361	0.0061	0.1653
Total objective score	3.06 (0.6)	3.89	3.99 (0.5)	4.58 (0.03)	3.62 (0.7)	0.0015	0.0052	0.5398
MARS Subjective score	2.00 (0.7)	3.75	3.69 (1.0)	3.38 (0.2)	2.92 (1.2)	0.00019	0.13433	1.00000

^ano SD is provided since only one app falls under this category
^bComparison between managing exposure to COVID-19 and providing health monitoring
^cComparison between managing exposure to COVID-19 ad raising awareness
^dComparison between raising awareness and providing health monitoring

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