Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
James Benoit, Lisa Hartling, Michelle Chan, Shannon Scott
Summary: The study aimed to assess the quality of acute childhood illness apps available to North American parents and caregivers. While there were hundreds of apps identified, only a small percentage received high ratings, and there was a lack of evidence-based Canadian content in the app marketplaces.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Patricia Dias, Rita Brito
Summary: The study contrasted perspectives from children, parents, and stakeholders, revealing that parents prioritize safety and learning, children value entertainment, and stakeholders emphasize the importance of a good user experience in digital media.
COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
(2021)
Review
Pediatrics
Rahul Bharat, Uzaina, Tribhuvanesh Yadav, Sanjay Niranjan, Palomi Kurade
Summary: Early intervention and parent-mediated intervention are effective for children with autism spectrum disorder. The review explores the concept and implementation of mHealth apps delivering such interventions.
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Andrew David Kilshaw, Sharmila Jivan
Summary: Many first aid apps providing advice on burn injuries are found to be inaccurately and potentially dangerously misleading. More efforts are needed to improve the quality of burn first aid information available online to enhance public knowledge and awareness on proper burn treatment.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Chelsea E. Mauch, Rachel A. Laws, Ivanka Prichard, Anthony J. Maeder, Thomas P. Wycherley, Rebecca K. Golley
Summary: This study aims to determine the feasibility of existing commercially available apps for supporting the healthy food provision practices of working parents. Findings suggest that meal planning apps and features promoting organization present feasible, time-saving solutions to support healthy food provision practices.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mira Bining, Sydney Wasserman, Lydia Ould Brahim, Eric Belzile, Mona Magalhaes, Sylvie D. Lambert
Summary: This study evaluated the quality, usefulness, therapeutic potential, and security of publicly available apps for supporting unpaid cancer caregivers. The results showed that the apps scored well in terms of quality and privacy, but had lower scores in security and usefulness.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Lydia Trudel, Marc J. Lanovaz, Isabelle Prefontaine
Summary: The study found that the iSTIM application had significant effects on reducing stereotypy in children with ASD when used by parents as behavior change agents. It can be considered as a cost-effective and easily accessible method for parents to reduce stereotypy in their child with ASD.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Brittany Wheeler, Katie Baumel, Deborah L. Hall, Yasin N. Silva
Summary: This study explores the factors predicting parents' intentions to use anti-bullying apps (ABAs) and identifies the app features they consider most important. Findings indicate that parents' attitudes and intentions to use ABAs are influenced by factors such as the importance placed on app's ability to provide information about their child's cyberbullying risk, level of cyberbullying concern, perceived usefulness, and positive attitudes towards the apps. This sheds light on the understanding of parents' intentions to use ABAs and highlights key features that are important to them.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Heather Ann Pearson, Armaghan Montazami, Adam Kenneth Dube
Summary: Research suggests that parents undervalue important benchmarks when evaluating educational apps. This study examined the impact of a short video intervention on parents' app evaluations. The results show that the intervention can help parents identify quality apps, but it is more effective when developers use specific keywords in the app descriptions. Helping parents choose educational apps is complex and requires more than just providing guidelines.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Saki Amagai, Sarah Pila, J. Aaron Kaat, J. Cindy Nowinski, C. Richard Gershon
Summary: The use of mHealth apps in studies presents challenges with participant retention. Factors such as specific app features and research strategies have been identified as important in promoting participant retention, while obstacles like lack of support features and technical difficulties hinder retention. The findings suggest that understanding these factors can inform strategies to improve participant retention in future studies.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Katy Jordan
Summary: In response to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile phone-based messaging has emerged as an accessible and low-connectivity method for promoting interactive education. This scoping review identified 43 documents and found three main areas: supporting student learning, teacher professional development, and refugee education. The findings are valuable for informing current pandemic responses, future initiatives, and advancing research in this expanding field.
TECHNOLOGY PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Fereshteh Ghahramani, Jingguo Wang
Summary: Caregiving responsibility can impact caregivers' lives and emotions, with caregiving-related mobile apps offering valuable resources for caregivers. Factors such as caregivers' capabilities, app effectiveness, control over responsibilities, and consideration of care receivers' health status and decisions influence their willingness to adopt mobile apps for caregiving. This study contributes to understanding the factors affecting informal caregivers' intentions to use mobile apps for caregiving purposes.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kerry Evans, Jasper Donelan, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Serena Cox, Yvonne Kuipers
Summary: This review evaluated the available apps supporting pregnant women with anxiety symptoms and aimed to provide resources for maternity care professionals to recommend. The findings showed a lack of apps specifically targeting anxiety in pregnancy, with limited involvement of healthcare professionals in app development and only one app providing empirical evidence of effectiveness and acceptability. The evaluation revealed a small negative correlation between user rating scores and reviewer scores. The recommendation is for app developers, publishers, and maternity care professionals to seek input from pregnant women to locate and promote suitable apps.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Nakyung Kyung, Jason Chan, Sanghee Lim, Byungtae Lee
Summary: This paper examines how real-time weather information obtained through mobile technology can enhance the effectiveness of mobile interventions for promoting healthier behaviors. The study utilizes a field experiment where participants experience different weather conditions under gain or loss interventions. The results show that the impact of gain or loss interventions varies depending on sunny or cloudy weather. Loss interventions are more effective at fulfilling exercise goals in sunny weather, while gain interventions are more effective in cloudy weather. The study provides empirical evidence and rules out alternative explanations, suggesting that weather-based interventions can be repeatedly used without losing effectiveness. The findings also indicate that the observed effects are stronger for individuals with lower exercise levels and living in lower income areas. The study offers theoretical guidance and practical implications for academics, healthcare businesses, and policymakers on utilizing weather-based messaging to enhance physical activity levels.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sarah Hatem, Janet C. Long, Stephanie Best, Zoe Fehlberg, Brona Nic Giolla Easpaig, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Summary: This study identified 29 mobile apps specifically developed for rare disease patients, with a focus on cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, and thalassemia. The apps primarily provided information and symptom tracking features, but scored low in engagement. Developers are recommended to improve app engagement, include consumers and clinicians in design, and always provide high-quality information.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Hugues Piloquet, Benoit Berge, Pascal Maigret, Veronique Hospital
Summary: This study aimed to explore the effects of environmental factors on eating behavior and food intake in toddlers. The results showed that food fussiness was more common in older children, children conceived with medical assistance, children exposed to distractions during meals, rewarded by parents to finish meals, free to eat at will, and those who ate only occasionally with the whole family. Unsatisfactory dietary diversification was not significantly associated with any variable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Victoria Norton, Julie A. Lovegrove, Marcus Tindall, Julia Rodriguez Garcia, Stella Lignou
Summary: The UK's aging population requires promotion of balanced nutrition, with a particular focus on increasing dietary fiber intake. Surveys involving older adults showed their willingness to learn about dietary fiber and the need for accessible information. Educational materials proved effective in engaging older adults and were perceived as useful. A holistic approach, involving support from various sources, can aid in improving dietary fiber consumption and overall health outcomes among older adults.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gary J. Farkas, Paige M. Cunningham, Alicia M. Sneij, John E. Hayes, Mark S. Nash, Arthur S. Berg, David R. Gater, Barbara J. Rolls
Summary: Overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after spinal cord injury (SCI) may be related to how persons with SCI experience satiation, their eating frequency, and the context in which they eat their meals. Those with SCI rely less on physiological satiation cues for meal termination and instead rely more on hedonic cues. There are differences in meal contexts and eating frequency between SCI individuals and controls, with SCI individuals consuming fewer meals but having a higher overall eating frequency due to increased snacking. These factors likely contribute to overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after SCI.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Shana Adise, Kerri N. Boutelle, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Eric Kan, Kyung E. Rhee, Michael I. Goran, Elizabeth R. Sowell
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between executive functions and cognition during adolescence, and the intake of fat and sugar two years later. The study found that higher impulsivity and reward-seeking behaviors were related to greater fat and sugar intake in males, while higher negative urgency and BMI were related to greater intake in both sexes. These findings suggest that individuals with certain traits may be more at risk for weight gain due to overconsumption of unhealthy foods.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Claire Margerison, Gozde Aydin, Christel Larsson, Alison Booth, Anthony Worsley, Janandani Nanayakkara
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns resulted in changes in food accessibility and availability, leading to shifts in food habits and behaviors among people worldwide. A study conducted in Australia examined the self-reported changes in food habits and behaviors of adults during the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The majority of respondents reported developing positive food habits, such as trying new recipes, cooking from scratch, and reducing take-away meals. The study also found that family involvement in food preparation and eating together increased during the restrictions. However, there were negative experiences, including difficulties in purchasing certain foods and limited access to food outlets.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Betsy Cogan, Jamie A. Cooper
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effect of dietary sweetness on appetite in adults with and without obesity. The results showed that the response of ghrelin to unsweetened rinses was energy-specific for all adults, while rinses containing sucralose led to greater cephalic phase cholecystokinin release in adults with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2).
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rebecca Gregson, Jared Piazza, Heather Shaw
Summary: Recent scholarship has identified a group of individuals who self-identify as anti-vegan, and they have distinct dietarian identities and ideological profiles. Anti-vegans show higher levels of commitment to their dietary patterns compared to omnivores, and they also score higher on various ideological measures.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Gibson Weydmann, Patricia Maidana Miguel, Nour Hakim, Laurette Dube, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Lisiane Bizarro
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the association between obesity and overweight with reinforcement learning performance. It was found that obesity might be associated with impairments in utilizing aversive outcomes to change behavior, but further research is needed to confirm this association.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Laura Kudlek, Rebecca A. Jones, Carly Hughes, Robbie Duschinsky, Andrew Hill, Rebecca Richards, Megan Thompson, Ann Vincent, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern
Summary: This study explored how participants of an ACT-based weight management intervention (WMI) experience emotional eating and highlighted the importance of self-awareness and alternative coping strategies in improving emotional eating. It also emphasized the need for ongoing and personalized interventions to support individuals with external locus of control and complex emotional eating experiences.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Stefanie C. Landwehr, Monika Hartmann
Summary: This study examines the influence of peers on children's snack purchasing decisions, finding that the presence of peers strongly impacts children's brand awareness and price perception, highlighting the crucial role of social influence in shaping children's decision-making processes.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rao Yuan, Shaosheng Jin, Wenchao Wu
Summary: This study examines the interactive effects of information and consumer trust on consumer preferences for organic food. The results show that consumers are willing to pay a higher price for organic food, especially those with higher levels of trust. The introduction of information significantly increases consumers' willingness to pay, with a greater increase observed among high-trust consumers.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Oda Bjorklund, Lars Wichstrom, Clare Llewellyn, Silje Steinsbekk
Summary: This study tests the psychometric properties of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire (AEBQ) in a sample of 14-year-olds and examines its construct validity using the parent-reported Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The results show that a 7-factor solution of the AEBQ without the Hunger scale is a better fitting model, and there are small-to-moderate correlations between the AEBQ and CEBQ scales.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alice M. Cox, Rachael W. Taylor, Jillian J. Haszard, Kathryn L. Beck, Pamela R. von Hurst, Cathryn A. Conlon, Lisa A. Te Morenga, Lisa Daniels, Jenny Mcarthur, Rebecca Paul, Neve H. McLean, Emily A. Jones, Ioanna Katiforis, Kimberley J. Brown, Madeline Gash, Madeleine Rowan, Elizabeth A. Fleming, Rosario Jupiterwala, Bailey R. Bruckner, Anne-Louise M. Heath
Summary: Although concerns are often raised about the potential impact of baby food pouch use and Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) on infant health, there is limited research in this area. This study found that frequent pouch use was associated with increased food fussiness and more selective eating, while BLW was associated with higher energy intake and a range of eating behaviors.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Briana L. Kennedy, Andrew M. Camara, Dominic M. D. Tran
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between obesity, overconsumption, and oversensitivity to rewards, and how it affects attentional biases towards food-related stimuli. The results showed that individuals with higher BMI had lower attentional priority for food and food logos, while increased consumption of HFHS foods and dieting predicted increased attentional priority for food and food logo images.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Irene Campos-Sanchez, Rocio Munoz-Sanchez, Eva-Maria Navarrete-Munoz, Maria Sofia Molina-Inigo, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Paula Fernandez-Pires, Alicia Sanchez-Perez, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Iris Juarez-Leal, Paula Peral-Gomez, Cristina Espinosa-Sempere, Desiree Valera-Gran
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between sensory reactivity and feeding problems in young children. The results showed that taste/smell sensitivity was significantly associated with difficulties in texture transition/introduction, limited variety of foods, and both feeding problems. Additionally, children with total sensory reactivity or auditory filtering sensory reactivity had a higher prevalence of consuming a limited variety of foods. These findings highlight the importance of considering sensory reactivity as a potential predictor of feeding problems.