ORCHA, the organisation that evaluates and advises on safe and proven health apps has launched a new app library to support the COVID-19 pandemic.
The resource means healthcare professionals and the general public can find proven, updated and regularly reviewed apps that are safe to use.
Some of the apps include support for anxiety, asthma, diabetes, well being, sleeping and mental health.
One of the apps proven with a 92% review score is an app for stress, depression and anxiety. Wysa, the therapy chatbot includes mood trackers, tips to combat anxiety and meditation advice.
Brian Donnelly, Chief Executive, CECOPS CIC “In the current COVID-19 crisis, finding the most effective health apps that meet trusted standards is so important. People need assurance when selecting apps.”
Professor Colin Espie, Big Health co-founder and Professor of Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford “In these difficult times, digital therapeutics can help to alleviate the overburdened NHS system, and importantly they can do so with immediate effect and at huge scale. This is because therapies such as Sleepio are fully-automated and highly engaging, and deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to anyone who needs it – today.”
“Importantly, Sleepio is ‘evidence-based’. This means that it has been the subject of an extensive clinical trials programme. In fact, 12 Randomised Controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that Sleepio reduces symptoms of poor sleep by up to 76 percent.”
Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive, TSA said “In these unprecedented times there has never been a more important moment for us, as professionals and the public, to engage with digital solutions, to keep us all safe and well and achieve our health and wellbeing outcomes.”
The library can be viewed at: covid19.orcha.co.uk
