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Functional rehabilitation is commonly used for patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI). Digital training systems have become increasingly popular in postoperative rehabilitation; however, their effectiveness for CAI patients after modified Brostrom surgery is uncertain. Furthermore, specialized physiotherapy resources for CAI are limited in some regions, highlighting the need for effective digital home-based rehabilitation alternatives.
Patients undergoing gastrectomy usually experience postgastrectomy syndrome and face difficulties adapting to a regular diet. Human health coaching via a mobile app has recently been applied to patients with chronic metabolic diseases, with significant improvements being observed in clinical outcomes.
Digital microinterventions have strong potential to improve the lives of adults diagnosed with cancer. However, little is known about which types of digital microinterventions are most desired and how contextual factors may influence those preferences. This potentially limits guidance for personalized and timely digital microintervention delivery.
Effective follow-up and management after organ transplantation are crucial for transplant recipients. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have emerged as a significant approach for facilitating follow-up and management. However, there is a lack of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of their effectiveness.
Medication nonadherence is a significant barrier to therapy success. Smartphone apps represent reasonable tools for simple adherence-enhancing interventions. Many adherence apps are available in app stores with diverse content, quality, and outputs. We define “output of an adherence app” as the processing and visualization of data recorded by the user and related to adherence. In 2016, Santo et al defined 5 desirable features in the output of adherence apps: tracking history, charts, statistics, rewards, and an exportable file. With this, a reference point to evaluate outputs of adherence apps was delivered. Identifying and fulfilling users’ needs are essential when developing an adherence app for patients’ self-management and professional adherence services, such as therapy support provided by health care professionals (HCPs).
Many mobile health (mHealth) apps focus on promoting physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE). However, there is limited empirical evidence regarding their effectiveness in initiating and sustaining behavior change, particularly among children and adolescents. Considering that behavior is influenced by social contexts, it is essential to take core settings like family dynamics into account when designing mHealth apps.
Mobile visual acuity (VA) applications have emerged as valuable tools in both clinical and home settings, particularly in the context of expanding teleophthalmology. Despite the growing number of apps available to measure visual acuity, studies evaluating their overall quality, functionality, and clinical relevance are limited.
Approximately 1 out of 5 pregnant women develops depression. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) is an effective way to treat not only depression but also mild depressive symptoms or subthreshold depression. While numerous iCBT programs have been developed and tested through randomized controlled trials for various mental health conditions and specific populations, research on their effectiveness and application in the real world remains limited.
Background: Latina adolescents report low levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and high lifetime risk of lifestyle-related diseases. There is a lack of MVPA interventions targeted at this demographic despite documented health disparities. Given their high rates of using mobile technology, interventions delivered through mobile devices may be effective for this population.
Adverse events (AEs) related to cancer treatment represent a valuable source of information that can be used to adjust therapy for individual patients. The NIH developed the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), a comprehensive standardized terminology for healthcare providers to consistently report AEs during patient visits. mHealth technologies, in principle, also allow AEs to be self-reported by patients in-between visits; however, the terminology poses challenges for them, both in selecting the correct symptom to report and in rating its severity. NIH developed the Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-CTACE as the patient-oriented companion of the CTCAE. However, it shows some weaknesses in completeness and precision when used for continuous home patient monitoring and for decision support.
