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Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

...because the computer’s programmed to s...well like one of them Android things [sic], just to say, “well I suggest you go for a walk” or whatever it churns out, really. I think that’s good. Cos [because] you don’t always want to bother somebody, like these ladies have said, you don’t. Loneliness was a particular source of concern for participants. Many recognized that loneliness was detrimental to health and mood. Participants discussed how they used technology to alleviate loneliness.

Jacob A Alexander Andrews, Laura JE Brown, Mark S Hawley, Arlene J Astell

J Med Internet Res 2019;21(2):e11694

Smartphone Apps to Support Self-Management of Hypertension: Review and Content Analysis

Smartphone Apps to Support Self-Management of Hypertension: Review and Content Analysis

One-fifth of the apps (39/186, 21%) had a functionality to remind users about BP measurements, their hospital appointments, their medication time(s), and personal goals. Certain apps (10/186, 5.4%) included BP goal setting, and a few also enabled the user to set other goals such as blood glucose levels, weight, and physical activity. A few apps (5/186, 2.7%) provided a tool for communication with others, including HCPs or friends, through text messaging, chats, or virtual meetings with coaches.

Tourkiah Alessa, Mark S Hawley, Emma S Hock, Luc de Witte

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019;7(5):e13645

Using a Commercially Available App for the Self-Management of Hypertension: Acceptance and Usability Study in Saudi Arabia

Using a Commercially Available App for the Self-Management of Hypertension: Acceptance and Usability Study in Saudi Arabia

All participants completed both the Entering Stress Data task (task 3.2), inserting a tick to mark self-monitoring as completed (task 8), and indicate how many challenges are set (task 9), without making any errors or asking for any assistance. Therefore, these tasks had the highest completion rate. Very few users completed task 7: setting a reminder for self-monitoring BP. Only 20% (2/10) of participants completed this task without errors, whereas 80% (8/10) of participants completed the task with errors.

Tourkiah Alessa, Mark S Hawley, Nouf Alsulamy, Luc de Witte

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021;9(2):e24177

Mobile Apps to Support the Self-Management of Hypertension: Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Usability, and User Satisfaction

Mobile Apps to Support the Self-Management of Hypertension: Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Usability, and User Satisfaction

Intervention characteristics (identified by a check mark if they were met). Educational information [28,29,31,35,39-42,44] and automatic feedback [24-28,30,32,33,36-40,42,44] were the next most common features. Of 16 apps, 6 (38%) apps provided a tool for the users to communicate with their families and HCPs [28,30-32,39,40] and 1 app (6%) supported stress management [32].

Tourkiah Alessa, Sarah Abdi, Mark S Hawley, Luc de Witte

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018;6(7):e10723

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