Pub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00106-8
Humayun Kabir, Md.Kamrul Hasan, Safayet Jamil, S. Chowdhury, D. Mitra
{"title":"Knowledge, perceived benefits, perceived concerns, and predisposition to use telehealth services in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey","authors":"Humayun Kabir, Md.Kamrul Hasan, Safayet Jamil, S. Chowdhury, D. Mitra","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00106-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00106-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"16 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141923288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00105-9
Eliane M. Boucher, Joseph S. Raiker
{"title":"Engagement and retention in digital mental health interventions: a narrative review","authors":"Eliane M. Boucher, Joseph S. Raiker","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00105-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00105-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"48 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141929453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00094-9
Hordofa Gutema Abdissa, Gebeyehu Bulcha Duguma, Fira Abamecha Ababulgu, Y. Lemu, M. Gerbaba, Josef Noll, Demisew Amenu Sori, Zewdie Birhanu Koricha
{"title":"Pregnant mother’s intention to use mobile phone-based messaging interventions for improving maternal and newborn health practices in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia","authors":"Hordofa Gutema Abdissa, Gebeyehu Bulcha Duguma, Fira Abamecha Ababulgu, Y. Lemu, M. Gerbaba, Josef Noll, Demisew Amenu Sori, Zewdie Birhanu Koricha","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00094-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00094-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"21 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"User-centered design of a mobile app for physical activity advice in cancer care: preliminary study in Morocco at the National Institute of Oncology","authors":"Youness Azemmour, Saber Boutayeb, Fahd Elkhalloufi, Hamid Chamlal, Hassan Beddaa, Ismail Bouzekraoui Alaoui, Jaouad Daikal, Hassan Errihani","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00093-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00093-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"133 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141656427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An analysis of predictors and wealth-based inequality in internet use among women in India: aiming for better digital health outcomes","authors":"Rakesh Chandra, Jeetendra Kumar Patel, Sonal Srivastava, Aditya Singh, S. Mukherjee","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00090-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00090-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"82 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141662629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00088-7
Nanna Kastrup, Annette W. Holst-Kristensen, Jan B. Valentin
{"title":"Landscape and challenges in economic evaluations of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a systematic review of methodology","authors":"Nanna Kastrup, Annette W. Holst-Kristensen, Jan B. Valentin","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00088-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00088-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"21 S5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00087-8
Lacey H. Etzkorn, Anis Davoudi, Erin E. Dooley, Kelley P. Gabriel, Lin Yee Chen, C. Crainiceanu, J. Schrack, A. Wanigatunga
{"title":"Physical activity cut-points for older adults using the Zio XT onboard accelerometer","authors":"Lacey H. Etzkorn, Anis Davoudi, Erin E. Dooley, Kelley P. Gabriel, Lin Yee Chen, C. Crainiceanu, J. Schrack, A. Wanigatunga","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00087-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00087-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"133 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141351204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00085-w
Hannah Froome, Kei Long Cheung, Wendy Martin, Emma Norris
{"title":"Identifying and characterising digital behaviour change interventions to improve fruit and vegetable intake in low-socioeconomic status primary school children: a systematic review","authors":"Hannah Froome, Kei Long Cheung, Wendy Martin, Emma Norris","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00085-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00085-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"114 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141362958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1186/s44247-024-00084-x
Bernie Garrett, Gordon Tao, T. Taverner, Diane Gromala, Richard Musoke, Crystal Sun, Christopher D Shaw, Elliott Cordingley
{"title":"An exploratory randomized controlled trial of virtual reality as a non-pharmacological adjunctive intervention for adults with chronic cancer-related pain","authors":"Bernie Garrett, Gordon Tao, T. Taverner, Diane Gromala, Richard Musoke, Crystal Sun, Christopher D Shaw, Elliott Cordingley","doi":"10.1186/s44247-024-00084-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00084-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"13 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141385116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3701085/v1
M. Ramasawmy, David Sunkersing, Dan Roland Persson, Lydia Poole, Kiran Patel, Shivali Modha, Madiha Sajid, Paramjit Gill, Fiona Stevenson, Nushrat Khan, Amitava Banerjee
Although availability and utilisation of digital health interventions (DHIs) for management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (“cardiometabolic disease”) have increased, they may exacerbate health inequalities. South Asians have increased cardiometabolic risk, but their experiences of DHIs are poorly investigated and characterised. To explore facilitators and barriers to DHI uptake and use in South Asian individuals in the UK with cardiometabolic disease. Mixed-methods approach encompassing online/face-to-face/individual interviews (n = 45) and survey (n = 100). After informed consent, transcription and coding, we conducted a thematic analysis informed by a guide for understanding inequalities in DHIs to examine perceptions at the individual, healthcare professional, societal and intervention level. Participants described an intersection of factors resulting in varied digital skills and confidence within the community, including individual characteristics, awareness, and support. COVID-19 restrictions acted as both a positive (use of online shopping and social media increasing digital confidence) and negative (lack of access to health services) drivers to DHI uptake. Participants made recommendations for improving DHI uptake in the health service and policy area, such as promotion and upskilling through culturally and language-appropriate avenues such as community organisations and outlets. Participants suggested DHI design improvements should focus on literacy, numeracy, accessibility, and cultural appropriateness. DHIs have the potential to support South Asian populations in the UK to prevent and manage cardiometabolic disease. To improve their uptake, approaches to their implementation should consider community diversity to provide appropriate promotion, education, and support.
{"title":"“If it all goes digital, we’ll have to learn”: facilitators and barriers to uptake of digital health in British South Asians with cardiometabolic disease","authors":"M. Ramasawmy, David Sunkersing, Dan Roland Persson, Lydia Poole, Kiran Patel, Shivali Modha, Madiha Sajid, Paramjit Gill, Fiona Stevenson, Nushrat Khan, Amitava Banerjee","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-3701085/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3701085/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Although availability and utilisation of digital health interventions (DHIs) for management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (“cardiometabolic disease”) have increased, they may exacerbate health inequalities. South Asians have increased cardiometabolic risk, but their experiences of DHIs are poorly investigated and characterised.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To explore facilitators and barriers to DHI uptake and use in South Asian individuals in the UK with cardiometabolic disease.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Mixed-methods approach encompassing online/face-to-face/individual interviews (n = 45) and survey (n = 100). After informed consent, transcription and coding, we conducted a thematic analysis informed by a guide for understanding inequalities in DHIs to examine perceptions at the individual, healthcare professional, societal and intervention level.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Participants described an intersection of factors resulting in varied digital skills and confidence within the community, including individual characteristics, awareness, and support. COVID-19 restrictions acted as both a positive (use of online shopping and social media increasing digital confidence) and negative (lack of access to health services) drivers to DHI uptake. Participants made recommendations for improving DHI uptake in the health service and policy area, such as promotion and upskilling through culturally and language-appropriate avenues such as community organisations and outlets. Participants suggested DHI design improvements should focus on literacy, numeracy, accessibility, and cultural appropriateness.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 DHIs have the potential to support South Asian populations in the UK to prevent and manage cardiometabolic disease. To improve their uptake, approaches to their implementation should consider community diversity to provide appropriate promotion, education, and support.\u0000","PeriodicalId":505699,"journal":{"name":"BMC Digital Health","volume":"37 50","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}