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Table 2 The Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) assessment of SLE apps. The Mobile App Rating Scale runs from 1 to 5 for each category, with a score of 1 indicating poor quality and a score of 5 indicating high quality [13]. The subjective quality subscale was excluded from this study. The average of each subscale was used to obtain the overall score. The listed numbers are the means of the two independent scores from AR and PD

From: Mobile health apps for systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: a critical appraisal

App name

MARS engagement

MARS functionality

MARS aesthetics

MARS information

Overall mean app quality score

Home Remedies for Lupus

2.2

3.25

1.5

2.2

2.288

How to Cure Lupus

1.8

2.75

1.65

2.4

2.15

Inspire/Lupus Connect Inspire Community

2.6

3.35

2.85

2

2.7

Lupie Diary

2.9

3.875

2.55

2.75

3.019

Lupus (SLE)

2.1

3.225

1.95

1.55

2.206

Lupus Advice

2.8

3.35

2.7

2.4

2.813

Lupus Corner Health Manager

2.9

3.25

2.75

2.95

2.963

Lupus Diary

3

3.375

1.5

2.1

2.494

Lupus Disease

2.8

3.55

2.65

2.875

2.969

Lupus Ohio

2.75

3.5

2.85

3

3.025

Lupus Symptoms Treatment

2.45

3

1.5

2.425

2.344

Lupus: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

2

3.475

1.85

3

2.581

Lupus: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

1.9

3.6

1.85

2

2.338

LupusMinder

2.9

3.5

3.1

2.35

2.963

ManageMyLupus

1.8

3.65

3.15

3.2

2.95

MyLupusTeam

2.8

3.6

2.85

2.35

2.9

Treating My Lupus

2.4

3.55

2.2

3

2.788

Mean

2.5

3.5

2.4

2.6

2.7

Standard deviation

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.4