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  1. Data-driven trajectory modeling approaches have been used to identify participant subgroups with differing responses to digital lifestyle interventions. Identifying contributing factors to different participan...

    Authors: Shiyu Li, Yan Du, Christiane Meireles, Dan Song, Kumar Sharma, Zenong Yin, Bradley Brimhall and Jing Wang
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:54
  2. Digital interventions for depression and anxiety can be as effective as face-to-face therapy. One in six workers experience some form of mental health problems, making the workplace a potential avenue to deliv...

    Authors: T. R. Moukhtarian, S. Fletcher, L. Walasek, C. Kershaw, K. Patel, A. L. Hurley-Wallace, S. Russell, G. Daly, N. K. Y. Tang, C. T. Toro and C. Meyer
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:58
  3. Light exposure significantly impacts human health, regulating our circadian clock, sleep–wake cycle and other physiological processes. With the emergence of wearable light loggers and dosimeters, research on r...

    Authors: Manuel Spitschan, Grégory Hammad, Christine Blume, Christina Schmidt, Debra J. Skene, Katharina Wulff, Nayantara Santhi, Johannes Zauner and Mirjam Münch
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:73
  4. During the last thirty years the world has benefited from the increasing adoption to cloud-based storage of personal health records. The concept of a Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC) of personal health rec...

    Authors: Niklas Lidströmer, Joe Davids, Mohamed ElSharkawy, Hutan Ashrafian and Eric Herlenius
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:51
  5. Unhealthy diet is a key risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that contribute to increased morbidity and premature mortality. With increased computer literacy and mobile phone penetration, there is ...

    Authors: Janaka Godevithana, Champa Jayalakshmie Wijesinghe and Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:53
  6. Stigma surrounding substance use can result in severe consequences for physical and mental health. Identifying situations in which stigma occurs and characterizing its impact could be a critical step toward im...

    Authors: David Roesler, Shana Johnny, Mike Conway and Annie T. Chen
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:60
  7. Dysmetria, the inability to accurately estimate distance in motor tasks, is a characteristic clinical feature of cerebellar injury. Even though subjective dysmetria can be quickly detected during the neurologi...

    Authors: Khai Du, Leonardo R. Benavides, Emily L. Isenstein, Duje Tadin and Ania C. Busza
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:50
  8. Telehealth services are essential to expand healthcare coverage for all in the era of modern technology. Knowledge, willingness, and involvement with the service are also significantly important in the utiliza...

    Authors: Humayun Kabir, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Safayet Jamil, Saifur R. Chowdhury and Dipak Kumar Mitra
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:61
  9. Somalia faces many challenges in providing adequate and accessible healthcare to its population, particularly in rural and remote areas. Lack of infrastructure, resources, and security hinders the delivery of ...

    Authors: Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Najib Isse Dirie, Abdirahman Khalif Mohamud, Abdikadir Hussein Elmi, Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Omar Abdulkarim Saeed Alhammadi, Misha Abayneh Lemma, Joselyne Uwamahoro, Roméo Bananeza, Yinusa Abdullahi, Zhinya Kawa Othman, Mohammed Raihanatu Hamid, Omar Kasimieh, Safouane Labyad and Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:49
  10. The proliferation of internet use in the 21st century has brought about a pluralistic effect on health. Users of the internet are more exposed to health information, thus, making them more health literate and mor...

    Authors: Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Christiana Okantey and Kwamena Sekyi Dickson
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:48
  11. Despite the growing adoption of digital health tools as a means to support mental health, many individuals remain unaware of the variety of mental health resources available to them through this format. To add...

    Authors: Tracie Risling, Iman Kassam, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Courtney Carlberg, Tyler Moss, Sheng Chen, Clement Ma and Gillian Strudwick
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:47
  12. The high readmission rate following chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has created a significant global health challenge, with high healthcare costs and a growing burden of care. Digital intervention...

    Authors: Vineet Mishra, David Stuckler and Courtney L. McNamara
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:46
  13. Adolescents and young adults account for over 21% of new HIV infections in the U.S. with most new cases among young men. As an important information source for this group, social media can uniquely reveal the ...

    Authors: Yunwen Wang, Jacqueline Ann Bannon, Natalia Roszkowska, Essence Lynn Wilson, Stephen Bonett, Elizabeth Lazarus, Nadia Dowshen and Robin Stevens
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:44
  14. The Apple Watch (AW) was the first smartwatch to provide wheelchair user (WCU) specific information on energy expenditure (EE), but was found to be inaccurate (i.e., it underestimated) and imprecise (i.e., the...

    Authors: Marius Lyng Danielsson, Roya Doshmanziari, Berit Brurok, Matthijs Ferdinand Wouda and Julia Kathrin Baumgart
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:45
  15. Widespread adoption of digital health tools has the potential to improve health and health care for individuals and their communities, but realizing this potential requires anticipating and addressing numerous...

    Authors: Emily A. Largent, Jason Karlawish and Anna Wexler
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:41
  16. Physical inactivity is considered one of the main modifiable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. It has been proven that an active lifestyle is an efficient means of preventing and managing noncommunica...

    Authors: Mohammadhossein Kardan, Andres Jung, Mehvish Iqbal, Saeed Keshtkar, Wolfgang Geidl and Klaus Pfeifer
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:40
  17. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences created several joint virtual groups to connect with people and answer their ques...

    Authors: Maryam Nekoolaltak, Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi and Nasim Hatefimoadab
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:37
  18. Mobile phone-based messaging for maternal education has shown promising outcomes in promoting maternal and child healthcare in low- and middle-income countries, where there is poor utilization of healthcare se...

    Authors: Hordofa Gutema Abdissa, Gebeyehu Bulcha Duguma, Fira Abamecha Ababulgu, Yohannes Kebede Lemu, Mulusew Gerbaba, Josef Noll, Demisew Amenu Sori and Zewdie Birhanu Koricha
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:35
  19. Utilizing mobile apps to increase physical activity levels is now standard practice in cancer care. The study’s objective was to provide patients with precise physical activity recommendations and/or initiate ...

    Authors: Youness Azemmour, Saber Boutayeb, Fahd Elkhalloufi, Hamid Chamlal, Hassan Beddaa, Ismail Bouzekraoui Alaoui, Jaouad Daikal and Hassan Errihani
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:36
  20. Digital health, aiming to boost healthcare accessibility, is an emerging concept in the domain of healthcare administration and delivery in developing countries. In India, according to the National Family Heal...

    Authors: Rakesh Chandra, Jeetendra Kumar Patel, Sonal Srivastava, Aditya Singh and Saradiya Mukherjee
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:38
  21. The potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to transform healthcare cannot be ignored, and the development of AI technologies has increased significantly over the past decade. Furthermore, healthcare system...

    Authors: Nanna Kastrup, Annette W. Holst-Kristensen and Jan B. Valentin
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:39
  22. There is an evaluation crisis in mobile health (mHealth). The majority of mHealth apps are released with little evidence base. While many agree on the need for comprehensive evaluations to assess the efficacy ...

    Authors: Carley Prentice, Kimberly Peven, Liudmila Zhaunova, Vaaruni Nayak, Tara Radovic, Anna Klepchukova, Henry W. W. Potts and Sonia Ponzo
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:31
  23. Globally, healthcare systems have always contended with well-known and seemingly intractable challenges like safety, quality, efficient and effective clinical and administrative patient-care services. To firml...

    Authors: Nkosi N. Botha, Edward W. Ansah, Cynthia E. Segbedzi, Victor K. Dumahasi, Samuel Maneen, Ruby V. Kodom, Ivy S. Tsedze, Lucy A. Akoto and Fortune S. Atsu
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:33
  24. The Zio® XT continuous ambulatory electrocardiographic monitor (Zio) contains an accelerometer that can help quantify an individual’s physical activity in the free-living environment.

    Authors: Lacey H. Etzkorn, Anis Davoudi, Erin E. Dooley, Kelley P. Gabriel, Lin Yee Chen, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Jennifer A. Schrack and Amal A. Wanigatunga
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:30
  25. Playing Tetris is a relatively new concept when considering how to treat or prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Benefits have been identified regarding how playing the game can influence traumatic m...

    Authors: Victoria Elizabeth Mabel Craig, Derek Francis McLaughlin, Karen P. Devlin, Aiveen Higgins and Breidge Boyle
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:34
  26. Digital behaviour change interventions aiming to improve dietary intakes; specifically fruit and vegetable intake, in low-socioeconomic children are being developed and tested. However there is currently no sy...

    Authors: Hannah Froome, Kei Long Cheung, Wendy Martin and Emma Norris
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:29
  27. The growing popularity and affordability of immersive virtual reality (VR), as adjunctive non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) for chronic pain, has resulted in increasing research, with mixed results of i...

    Authors: Bernie Garrett, Gordon Tao, Tarnia Taverner, Diane Gromala, Richard Musoke, Crystal Sun, Christopher D Shaw and Elliott Cordingley
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:28
  28. Although availability and utilisation of digital health interventions (DHIs) for management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (“cardiometabolic disease”) have increased, they may exacerbate health inequal...

    Authors: Mel Ramasawmy, David Sunkersing, Dan Roland Persson, Lydia Poole, Kiran Patel, Shivali Modha, Madiha Sajid, Paramjit Gill, Fiona Stevenson, Nushrat Khan and Amitava Banerjee
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:32
  29. Research pertaining to the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in various healthcare settings is emerging. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of immersive VR in a haemodialysis setting and its effects...

    Authors: Wendy Smyth, Joleen McArdle, Gwenn Heinrich, Valli Manickam, Ickjai Lee, Jason Holdsworth, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye and Cate Nagle
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:27
  30. Virtual reality (VR) is one of the most cutting-edge digital technologies currently used to extend and adapt mental health interventions. When designing therapeutic VR-applications, bias related to representat...

    Authors: Renée E. Klein Schaarsberg, Levi van Dam, Guy A. M. Widdershoven, Ramón J. L. Lindauer and Arne Popma
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:25
  31. Due to a multitude of factors, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant increase in mental health issues within society, including depression and anxiety. Due to the increased trend of ment...

    Authors: Tharidu Gunawardena, Marilyn M. Bartholmae, Matvey V. Karpov, Rohan Dod, Kripa Ahuja, Aishwarya Rajendran, Mayuri Kathrotia and Sunita Dodani
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:21
  32. Virtual reality (VR) is one of the most rapidly growing technological advancements being studied, developed, and implemented in mental health care. It offers a wide array of possibilities that go beyond the tr...

    Authors: Iza C. A. Scherpbier, Mariëlle E. Abrahamse, Guy A. M. Widdershoven, Robert G. Belleman, Arne Popma and Ramón J. L. Lindauer
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:19
  33. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a multisystemic chronic disease with disabling symptoms, cardiometabolic comorbidities and reduction in physical activity. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the sta...

    Authors: Raoua Ben Messaoud, Sébastien Baillieul, Renaud Tamisier, Robin Terrail, Sébastien Bailly, Marie Joyeux-Faure and Jean-Louis Pépin
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:23
  34. Virtual reality (VR) is a burgeoning technology within healthcare, though routine implementation of VR within hospital settings remains limited. Health professionals are key stakeholders in knowledge translati...

    Authors: Christine T. Shiner, Gabrielle Croker, John McGhee and Steven G. Faux
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:18
  35. In order to facilitate the development and implementation of innovative technology in clinical practice, it is important to understand the user experience of end-users. Virtual Reality (VR) offers the possibil...

    Authors: C. L. van de Wouw, E. Bousché, M. M. J. van Schooneveld, J. M. P. Breur, H. P. Nijenhuis, H. Huygelier and T. C. W. Nijboer
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:24
  36. Chronic pain is often a debilitating condition that affects individuals physically and mentally. Reliance on pharmacotherapy for pain management comes with risks of analgesic misuse and dependence. Hence, non-...

    Authors: Lydia Weiling Li, Tan Hui Yi and Nang Ei Ei Khaing
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:26
  37. Studying at university is a stressful time for many, which might result in the development of mental health problems. In the first wave of Covid-19, university students in Turkey reported suffering from an ele...

    Authors: Sumeyye Balci, Ann-Marie Küchler, David Daniel Ebert and Harald Baumeister
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:20
  38. Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring  (HBPT) has been proposed to improve drug adherence, blood pressure control, and efficient care delivery in patients with hypertension. Its adoption in GP practices however r...

    Authors: Job van Steenkiste, Iris Verberk, Jorie Versmissen, Daan Dohmen and Sjaam Jainandunsing
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:16
  39. Applications of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare continue to grow at a rapid pace, yet the challenges and opportunities associated with VR from the perspective of clinicians and healthcare staff remain under...

    Authors: Mairi Therese Deighan, Daniel Simpson, Amberly Brigden and Kirsten Cater
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:22
  40. Regular physical activity helps to reduce weight and improve the general well-being of individuals living with obesity. Chatbots have shown the potential to increase physical activity among their users. We aim...

    Authors: Dillys Larbi, Rolf Wynn, Marianne Vibeke Trondsen, Eirik Årsand, Paolo Zanaboni, Kerstin Denecke and Elia Gabarron
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:15
  41. Adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with chronic medical conditions often struggle to develop medication adherence skills. This pilot trial evaluated the impact of a mobile health coaching intervention, ...

    Authors: Caitlin S. Sayegh, Karen K. MacDonell, Ellen Iverson, Breaon Beard, Nancy Chang, My H. Vu and Marvin Belzer
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:13
  42. Two-dimensional (2D) medical visualization techniques are often insufficient for displaying complex, three-dimensional (3D) anatomical structures. Moreover, the visualization of medical data on a 2D screen dur...

    Authors: Annabel Groenenberg, Lars Brouwers, Mike Bemelman, Thomas J. J. Maal, Jan M. M. Heyligers and Max M. Louwerse
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:11
  43. Since 2020, physicians in Germany have the possibility of prescribing approved digital health applications (DHAs) with the costs covered by the health system – a step that was unique in the world at that time ...

    Authors: Julian Wangler and Michael Jansky
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:14
  44. This pilot study examined the preliminary effectiveness of the PREVENT digital intervention that supports health care teams in delivering health behavior counseling on cancer survivors’ motivation to change be...

    Authors: Maura M. Kepper, Callie Walsh-Bailey, Min Zhao, Loni Parrish, Zoe M. Miller, Russell E. Glasgow, Lisa de las Fuentes, Yan Yan, Robert J. Hayashi, Ross C. Brownson and Randi E. Foraker
    Citation: BMC Digital Health 2024 2:10

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