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Health Care Sciences & Services
Takeyuki Oba, Keisuke Takano, Kentaro Katahira, Kenta Kimura
Summary: This study investigated the use patterns of apps and wearables supporting physical activity and exercise in a Japanese-speaking community sample and found associations between demographic characteristics of app users and specific app functions. The findings highlight the importance of app simplicity and provide insights for developers and stakeholders in personalizing app functions.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Sherald Sanchez, Anasua Kundu, Elizabeth Limanto, Peter Selby, Neill Bruce Baskerville, Michael Chaiton
Summary: The study examined the quality, content, and popularity of free vaping cessation apps. Results showed that existing vaping cessation apps lack specific features for vaping cessation but still hold potential value.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
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Psychiatry
Henry Onyeaka, Joseph Firth, Ronald C. Kessler, Karina Lovell, John Torous
Summary: People with anxiety or depression are as likely as the general population to use digital health tools, with those using health apps more likely to report intentions to lose weight. However, sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, income, and education level influence the usage of digital tools for health management.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
Emma Morton, Jennifer Nicholas, Laura Lapadat, Heather L. O'Brien, Steven J. Barnes, Caden Poh, Erin E. Michalak
Summary: Bipolar disorder patients commonly use smartphone apps, with a focus on data security. They prefer apps with accurate content, ease of use, flexibility, security, and real-world benefits, while considering sharing data, rewards, app connectivity, and peer support as relatively less important.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Surgery
Brendan J. Keating, Eyas H. Mukhtar, Eric D. Elftmann, Feyisope R. Eweje, Hui Gao, Lina I. Ibrahim, Ranganath G. Kathawate, Alexander C. Lee, Eric H. Li, Krista A. Moore, Nikhil Nair, Venkata Chaluvadi, Janaiya Reason, Francesca Zanoni, Alexander T. Honkala, Amein K. Al-Ali, Fatima Abdullah Alrubaish, Maha Ahmad Al-Mozaini, Fahad A. Al-Muhanna, Khaldoun Al-Romaih, Samuel B. Goldfarb, Ryan Kellogg, Krzysztof Kiryluk, Sarah J. Kizilbash, Taisa J. Kohut, Juhi Kumar, Matthew J. O'Connor, Elizabeth B. Rand, Robert R. Redfield, Benjamin Rolnik, Joseph Rossano, Pablo G. Sanchez, Arash Alavi, Amir Bahmani, Gireesh K. Bogu, Andrew W. Brooks, Ahmed A. Metwally, Tejas Mishra, Stephen D. Marks, Robert A. Montgomery, Jay A. Fishman, Sandra Amaral, Pamala A. Jacobson, Meng Wang, Michael P. Snyder
Summary: Wearable devices play a crucial role in early detection of infections in SOTR, with the potential to detect infections before clinical symptoms appear. Early detection of infections can facilitate early interventions and management, especially when implementing wearable devices in pediatric and adult SOTR, different challenges need to be considered.
TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sandeep Ravindran
Summary: Smartphones play an important role in pathogen monitoring and citizen science due to their prevalence, power, and portability.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Nancy Lau, Alison O'Daffer, Joyce Yi-Frazier, Abby R. Rosenberg
Summary: Mobile health technologies provide an innovative platform for health care, but the evidence base supporting health-related apps lags behind industry development. Researchers are exploring how to systematically synthesize the state of consumer mHealth apps.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Charvi Sunkara, Rajvi Thakkar, Triton Ong, Brian E. Bunnell
Summary: A study conducted a content analysis of smartphone apps related to virtual reality therapy for phobias. It found that although some apps were suitable for treatment purposes, none of them were specifically developed for phobia therapy. Further evaluation is needed to understand the clinical potential of these accessible VRET solutions.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Sarah Chang, Lucy Gray, John Torous
Summary: Despite the popularity of mental health-related smartphone apps, weak user engagement has hindered their impact on the mental health landscape. Integrating these apps into traditional therapeutic models seems to improve clinical outcomes, but questions remain about the relationship between app engagement and the coach or clinician. This study examines patient app engagement patterns and clinical outcomes from a digital clinic pilot, finding that app engagement does not correlate with outcomes but satisfaction with app and clinician/coach engagement does have an impact.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Chani Nuij, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Derek de Beurs, Remco F. P. de Winter, Renske Gilissen, Rory C. O'Connor, Jan H. H. Smit, Ad Kerkhof, Heleen Riper
Summary: This study examines the feasibility of integrating safety planning and self-monitoring apps into routine treatment for depressed outpatients with suicidal ideation. The study finds that these apps are acceptable and usable, but further exploration is needed for their integration into routine treatment.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jay A. Pandit, Jennifer M. Radin, Giorgio Quer, Eric J. Topol
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, smartphone apps played a crucial role in tracking outbreaks, individual screening, and contact tracing. Despite limitations and concerns, there is ample evidence that these apps have been beneficial in understanding and controlling the spread of the virus.
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Krysten W. Bold, Kathleen A. Garrison, Angela DeLucia, Mark Horvath, Milton Nguyen, Erica Camacho, John Torous
Summary: This research evaluated smoking cessation apps and investigated their features. The study found that most apps were free to download, but had limitations in terms of privacy policies and intervention features. Only a small number of apps provided evidence-based support for smoking cessation.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Leah Grout, Kendra Telfer, Nick Wilson, Christine Cleghorn, Anja Mizdrak
Summary: The study aimed to assess the impact of prescribing smartphone apps for promoting physical activity in primary care settings in New Zealand. The results indicated modest health gains and cost savings at the population level, but the effectiveness was highly sensitive to assumptions on intervention uptake and decay. Ongoing improvements in app design and increased promotion by health workers may lead to increased benefits.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Nerea Baez Gutierrez, Hector Rodriguez Ramallo, Marcos Fernandez Gonzalez, Laila Abdel-Kader Martin
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of smartphone apps for patients with hematological malignancies (HMs). After analyzing 18 apps, it was found that most apps were designed to provide general information and monitor symptoms and clinical parameters, but the overall quality was low. Future apps should provide evidence-based information, improve user experience, and generate evidence on app efficacy.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Eunsin Joo, Anastasia Kononova, Shaheen Kanthawala, Wei Peng, Shelia Cotten
Summary: This study investigates smartphone users' awareness of mHealth apps' affiliations with different types of supporting organizations (commercial, government, and nonprofit); differences in users' persuasion knowledge, mHealth app quality, and credibility evaluations related to each organization type; and users' coping mechanisms for dealing with personal information management within consumer mHealth apps.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
