Association of mobile health (mHealth) use with health status and COVID-19-related concerns by people with mobility impairments DOI
Rebecca E. Lee, Bin C. Suh, Alicia O’Neal

et al.

Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(3), P. 1052 - 1058

Published: Jan. 16, 2023

Mobile health (mHealth) technology has increased dramatically in the wake of pandemic. Less research focused on people with mobility impairing (PMI) disabilities. This study determined prevalence mHealth use among PMI adults during COVID-19 escalation and examines demographic, concerns correlates. (N = 304) completed an online survey investigating related to food access June 2020. Smartphone were measured adapted version used Pew Internet & American Life project. Descriptive multivariable analyses conducted determine associations demographics, status, use. About two-thirds 201) sample users (owned a smartphone engaged health-promoting behaviors smartphone; e.g., sought information, tracked behaviors, patient portals). Having hypertension was associated higher use, having about Those who also more apps for communication, services, entertainment. Only association between educational attainment remained significant after adjusting other covariates logistic regression models. PMIs continue need support help maximize potentially important tools rehabilitation management. There is investigate its applications disabilities.Implications RehabilitationMany disabilities may be missing opportunities healthcare.COVID-19 widened existing gaps disabilities.Focused education needed exploit full range services their smartphones increase care, social connectivity, goods enhance

Language: Английский

A Survey on Wearable Sensors for Mental Health Monitoring DOI Creative Commons
Nuno Gomes, Matilde Pato, André Lourenço

et al.

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(3), P. 1330 - 1330

Published: Jan. 25, 2023

Mental illness, whether it is medically diagnosed or undiagnosed, affects a large proportion of the population. It one causes extensive disability, and f not properly treated, can lead to severe emotional, behavioral, physical health problems. In most mental research studies, focus on treatment, but fewer resources are focused technical solutions issues. The present paper carried out systematic review available literature using PRISMA guidelines address various monitoring in through use wearable sensors. Wearable sensors offer several advantages over traditional methods assessment, including convenience, cost-effectiveness, ability capture data real-world settings. Their collect related anxiety stress levels, as well panic attacks, discussed. market described, their success providing that be correlated with aforementioned current landscape quite dynamic, offerings have enough quality deliver meaningful targeted for machine learning algorithms. results indicate feasible.

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Mobile technology DOI Creative Commons
Sadhana Sharma, Bandana Kumari, Asgar Ali

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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 37 - 43

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

Healthcare systems deal with disease prevention, early detection, diagnosis, investigation, and timely, affordable, safe treatment. For the delivery of services in health sector, communication is key to linking service provider patients. Mobile technology recent past has rendered various platforms communications for healthcare system. Thus, health, mobile greatly contributed time management cost reduction at every level including hospital visits individual appointments doctors, hence convenience. With advancements technologies growing number users, newer opportunities have opened up use mobiles patient care. Emerging information help Internet Things (IoT) been instrumental integrating different domains sector technology. may potential become powerful medical tools support all levels In this review, concept, applications, advantages present pandemic discussed. It also discusses technology, as a system convenient safer public improve its applications unseen future crises.

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Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives of mHealth Adoption Factors in the Developing World: Scoping Review DOI Open Access
Michael Addotey-Delove, Richard E. Scott, Maurice Mars

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(2), P. 1244 - 1244

Published: Jan. 10, 2023

Background: mHealth applications provide health practitioners with platforms that enable disease management, facilitate drug adherence, speed up diagnosis, monitor outbreaks, take and transfer medical images, advice. Many developing economies are investing more in mobile telecommunication infrastructure than road transport electric power generation. Despite this, has not seen widespread adoption by healthcare workers the world. This study reports a scoping review of factors impact world, based on these findings, framework is developed for enhancing Methods: A structured literature search was performed using PubMed Scopus, supplemented hand searching. The searches were restricted to articles English during period January 2009 December 2019 relevant world addressed: phone use identified impacting implementations. All authors reviewed selected papers, final inclusion consensus. Data abstraction all authors. results used develop conceptual inductive iterative content analysis. Results Discussion: Of 919 articles, 181 met criteria and, following full 85 reported (promote or impede) worker applications. These categorised into 18 themes after continued discussion reduced 7 primary categories (engagement/funding, infrastructure, training/technical support, workers’ mobile—cost/ownership, system utility, motivation/staffing, patients’ mobile—cost/ownership), 17 sub-categories. design proposed framework. Conclusions: Successful will depend addressing They must be assessed each specific setting prior implementation. Application help shape future policy practice implementation increase workers.

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The Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19: An Investigation into an Important Obstacle to the Access to the mHealth by the Citizen DOI Open Access
Daniele Giansanti,

Giulia Veltro

Healthcare, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(4), P. 371 - 371

Published: March 26, 2021

In general, during the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a growth in use of digital technological solutions many sectors, from that consumption, to Digital Health and particular mobile health (mHealth) where an important role played by technology (mTech). However, this not always happened uniform way. fact, cases, citizens found themselves unable take advantage these opportunities due phenomenon Divide (DD). It depends on multifaceted aspects ranging lack access instrumental network resources, cultural social barriers also possible forms communication disability. study we set ourselves articulated goal developing probing methodology addresses problems connected DD broad sense, capable minimizing bias purely electronic submission evaluating its effectiveness outcome. At moment, have submitted survey both electronically (with embedded solution spread it inside families/acquaintances) using wire phone. The results highlighted three polarities (a) coherence two methods; (b) outcome entire relation key issues (e.g., familiarity contact tracing Apps, medical messaging Digital-health, non-medical Apps); (c) strongly dependent age for elderly is mainly evident mTech general mHealth applications. Future developments foresee, after adequate data-mining, in-depth all proposed survey, those relating training, disability other factors.

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Moving Towards Equity With Digital Health Innovations for Stroke Care DOI Open Access
Aradhana Verma, Amytis Towfighi, Arleen F. Brown

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Stroke, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 53(3), P. 689 - 697

Published: Feb. 7, 2022

Digital health has long been championed as a means to expanding access care. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated many systems' integration of digital tools for care, may provide path towards more accessible stroke prevention and treatment, particularly historically disadvantaged patient populations. Stroke management is composed multiple time points where innovations have potential augment treatment: from primary prevention, time-sensitive detection ischemic stroke, administration thrombolytic agents consideration endovascular interventions, appropriate post-acute rehabilitation, lifelong secondary prevention-stroke care relies on multidisciplinary standardized approach. However, we discuss pointedly in this Focused Update, underrepresented individuals face multilevel disparities potentially diminish benefits these advances. As such, needs must be discussed accounted systems seek integrate innovative equitable solutions

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Determinants Impacting User Behavior towards Emergency Use Intentions of m-Health Services in Taiwan DOI Open Access
Wan‐I Lee, Hsin‐Pin Fu, N. Martinez Mendoza

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Healthcare, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(5), P. 535 - 535

Published: May 3, 2021

Emergency usage intention and behavior are crucial to business service success for m-Health providers patient healthcare service. This study aimed identify the factors that influence acceptance effect of emergency use intentions on among Taiwanese users by adopting extending Unified Theory Acceptance Use Technology (UTAUT). also examines moderating role gender age in effects independent variables satisfaction with services. An online questionnaire was used collect data from 371 participants. The results revealed performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, trust had positive user satisfaction. Additionally, knowledge intentions. However, social effort expectancy did not have a significant Moreover, significantly moderated some predictors.

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Growth in the development of health and fitness mobile apps amid COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Pankush Kalgotra, Uzma Raja, Ramesh Sharda

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Digital Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8, P. 205520762211290 - 205520762211290

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

Objectives Technology in the form of mobile apps has played an essential role facilitating, tracking, and maintaining health fitness activities during pandemic. When countries opted for partial or complete lockdowns to contain spread coronavirus disease 2019 virus, it led people working on their fitness-related from homes, just as they continued home. This paper aims quantify impact development apps. Specifically, we compute effect growth different sub-categories Methods We scraped data about a population 78,890 iOS App Store. First, categories are identified using text analysis descriptions Second, rise new is analyzed. To apps, multiple time-series forecasting models created Results The twelve types app market. Our estimated that number market exceeded expected by 29.9% after results all discussed paper. Conclusions found significant pandemic outbreak. post hoc study presented current state this particular area In addition, provided potential areas markets where there fewer

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“I am not shy anymore”: A qualitative study of the role of an interactive mHealth intervention on sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of South African adolescents with perinatal HIV DOI Creative Commons
Scarlett Bergam, Thobekile Sibaya,

Nompumelelo Ndlela

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Reproductive Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(1)

Published: Dec. 1, 2022

South Africa has one of the highest burdens adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV (APHIV) in world. APHIV have limited access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education services specific their status. When lacking comprehensive SRH education, are prone risk behaviors that can lead unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, transmission. The use mHealth interventions been shown deliver information, foster social support, improve decision-making skills. In this study, we evaluate how an intervention influences knowledge APHIV.

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Evidence-Based Implementation of the Family-Centered Model and the Use of Tele-Intervention in Early Childhood Services: A Systematic Review DOI Open Access
Estíbaliz Jiménez Arberas, Yara Casáis-Suárez,

A. Fernández-Méndez

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Healthcare, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. 112 - 112

Published: Jan. 3, 2024

Background: The purpose of this review is to explore the evidence and efficacy two trends in early childhood intervention services: family-centered model use tele-intervention. Methods: A systematic was carried out following PRISMA methodology using three databases: Web Science, PubMed Scopus. studies included were those aimed at children from 0 6 years age, focused on intervention, which alluded and/or Results: a total 33 included. Five main themes identified: (1) participation family facilitated improved by care; (2) feeling competence, self-efficacy, satisfaction empowerment professionals families have positive impact quality life; (3) tele-intervention as tool for prevention intervention; (4) preparation telepractice can improve development commitment; (5) possible solution contextual barriers. Conclusions: Tele-intervention pediatrics presented inherent since its implementation involves several common strategies. Future lines research should

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Role of e-health, m-health, and telemedicine or telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Open Access
Ramkrishna Mondal

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(3), P. 1531 - 1540

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the health system, leading to adoption of digital technologies such as telemedicine, E-health, and M-health. These offer numerous benefits, better resource allocation, reduced infection rates, community support for patients. However, limited studies have been conducted on effectiveness E-health technologies, but they shown potential improve healthcare standards. benefits telemedicine include cost-effectiveness, ability expand higher-order services, alleviate future medical doctor shortages. further research is needed trustworthiness telemedicine-related outcomes. Several countries issued guidelines these must be extended address ethical issues internet access due a lack telecom infrastructure. Developing not seen widespread governments crucial role play in supporting this technology. Enacting updating technology infrastructure providing laws overcoming legal barriers are essential barriers. In conclusion, M-health proven effective addressing challenges will promoting future.

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