Feasibility of a Web-Based Platform (Trial My App) to Efficiently Conduct Randomized Controlled Trials of mHealth Apps For Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Protocol For Evaluating an mHealth App for Hypertension

Cynthia Lokker   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Rita Jezrawi   ¹ , BA ;   Itzhak Gabizon   ² , MD ;   Jobin Varughese   ^{3, 4} , MD, CCFP, CMD ;   Michael Brown   ⁵ ;   Dan Trottier   ⁶ , BSc ;   Elizabeth Alvarez   ^{5, 7} , PhD ;   Jon-David Schwalm   ⁶ , MD ;   Michael McGillion   ^{6, 8} , RN, PhD ;   Jinhui Ma   ⁵ , PhD ;   Vinai Bhagirath   ^{6, 9} , MSc, MD

¹ Health Information Research Unit, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

² Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

³ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Queen Square Family Health Team, Brampton, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁷ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁸ School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada