The Development of the Android Application for Evaluating Depressive Disorder on Android Operating System

Abstract

This objectives of this research were to: 1) develop the android application for diagnosing depressive disorder and 2) study the results of the android application for diagnosing depressive disorder. The target group was general interested people or patients who have downloaded a Depressive disorder App. The research tool for data collection was the Android Depressive disorder Assessment App and the Google Play Console. The research team has launch this application in general public for downloading and installing to use from December 16, 2018 to March 16, 2021 through Google play store. The results showed that: 1) the android depressive disorder assessment application includes the content of the application such as the description of the depressive disorder, the symptoms, protection method, depressive disorder screening, depressive disorder assessment score, and treatment methods. 2) The results of using the application showed that the number of downloads and installations was 10,000 or more, the number of actual applications was 1,517 units divided into Thailand accounting for 99.47 percent, South Korea 0.33 percent, Japan and Cambodia 0.07 percent respectively with a preference score of 123 people and 73 reviews of the program.