InDEx: Open Source iOS and Android Software for Self-Reporting and Monitoring of Alcohol Consumption

Daniel Leightley; Jo-Anne Puddephatt; Laura Goodwin; Roberto Rona; Nicola T. Fear

doi:10.5334/jors.207

InDEx: Open Source iOS and Android Software for Self-Reporting and Monitoring of Alcohol Consumption

Journal of Open Research Software

Volume 6 (2018): Issue 1

By: Daniel Leightley , Jo-Anne Puddephatt, Laura Goodwin, Roberto Rona and Nicola T. Fear

Open Access

|Mar 2018

Abstract

InDEx is a software package for reporting and monitoring alcohol consumption via a smartphone application. Consumption of alcohol is self-reported by the user, and the app provides a visual representation of drinking behaviour and offers feedback on consumption levels compared to the general population. InDEx is intended as an exemplar app, operating as a standalone smartphone application and is highly customisable for a variety of research domains. InDEx is written in JavaScript, using IONIC framework which is cross-platform and is available under the liberal GNU General Public License (v3). The software is available from GitHub (https://github.com/DrDanL/index-app-public).

Funding statement: This study was funded by the Medical Research Council (MR/N028244/2).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.207 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647

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Language: English

Submitted on: Nov 29, 2017

Accepted on: Mar 5, 2018

Published on: Mar 23, 2018

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

alcohol,

monitoring,

smartphone,

iOS,

Android,

IONIC

© 2018 Daniel Leightley, Jo-Anne Puddephatt, Laura Goodwin, Roberto Rona, Nicola T. Fear, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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