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Li G, Su Q. Exploring the role of personal quantification in alleviating generalized anxiety disorder among Chinese PhD students: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2024; 103:e38449. [PMID: 38847731 PMCID: PMC11155607 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000038449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Personal quantification plays a crucial role in preserving individual mental health. However, in previous research, its effectiveness in alleviating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has not been conclusively established. This study explores the impact of personal quantification on GAD among PhD students. The research data was obtained through questionnaires distributed to 308 PhD students across universities in China. Among these students, 118 anxiety-free participants were excluded, yielding valuable data from 190 students with GADs. We employed Python programming language and SPSS software for the empirical analysis. The results illustrated that personal quantification significantly and negatively impacted GAD (β = -0.148, P = .002), concurrently producing a significantly positive effect on self-efficacy (β = 0.359, P < .001). Further analysis showed that through 5000 sampling iterations and a 95% confidence level, self-efficacy significantly reduced certain symptoms of GAD (β = -0.1183; P = .026; 95% Cl: -0.2222 to -0.0144). Moreover, when the coefficient of self-efficacy was significantly negative, the impact of personal quantification on GAD remained statistically significant (β = -0.1056; P = .033; 95% Cl: -0.2025 to -0.0087). The findings indicated that personal quantification has a significant role in alleviating GAD among PhD students, which is partly mediated through self-efficacy. This study contributes valuable insights to the nonpharmacological alleviation of GAD in Chinese PhD students.
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- Guilong Li
- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
- School of Business Administration, Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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Hybholt M. The Civilized Bodies of Middle-Aged Women: A Qualitative Study of Participation in an Exercise Intervention in Denmark. J Aging Phys Act 2024; 32:387-396. [PMID: 38262399 DOI: 10.1123/japa.2023-0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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The present paper explores how aging bodies of middle-aged women can enable and constrain participation in physical activity. The study is inspired by the process sociology of Norbert Elias and builds on qualitative empirical material from passive observations (N = 57), focus groups (N = 51), and individual follow-up interviews (N = 21) with middle-aged Danish women who participated in a 3-month research project with exercise intervention. The qualitative study found that awareness of bodily aging enabled the taking up of exercise in the intervention. Additionally, taking up regular exercise in midlife can be understood as a highly rationalized leisure-time activity in relation to societal moral norms of self-responsibility for own physiological health. Furthermore, the qualitative material indicates that participation enabled a self-realization among the middle-aged women, as strong and capable bodies counter to the biomedical view of decline in the aging body.
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- Maria Hybholt
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hawking MKD, Swinglehurst D. Seeking help for atrial fibrillation: the role of the body in distributed decision making. Soc Sci Med 2024; 350:116944. [PMID: 38728979 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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We adopt Rapley's (2008) concept of distributed decision making to explore the role of the body in people's decisions to seek medical care. We conducted in-depth interviews with patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) who were taking long-term anticoagulants to prevent stroke. We interviewed seventeen patients recruited from English anticoagulant clinics using the biographic-narrative-interpretive method, and conducted thematic, structural and metaphorical analyses. This pluralistic analysis focused on how distributed decision-making was enacted through a range of socio-material, relational and embodied practices. Participants told how they experienced AF-related sensations that fluctuated in intensity and form. Some had no symptoms at all; others experienced sudden incapacitation - these experiences shaped different journeys towards seeking medical help. We draw on work by Mol (2002) to show how the body was differently observed, experienced and done across contexts as the narratives unfolded. We show that as part of a relational assemblage, involving social, material and technological actors over time, a new body-in-need-of-help was enacted and medical help sought. This body-in-need-of-help was collectively discussed, interpreted and experienced through distribution of body parts, fluids and technological representations to shape decisions. RAPLEY T., 2008. Distributed decision making: the anatomy of decisions-in-action. Sociology of Health & Illness, 30, 429-444. MOL A., 2002. The body multiple: ontology in medical practice. Duke University Press: Durham.
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- Meredith K D Hawking
- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, Yvonne Carter Building, 58 Turner St, London, E1 2AB, UK.
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- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, Yvonne Carter Building, 58 Turner St, London, E1 2AB, UK
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Wendrich K, Krabbenborg L. Negotiating with digital self-monitoring: A qualitative study on how patients with multiple sclerosis use and experience digital self-monitoring within a scientific study. Health (London) 2024; 28:333-351. [PMID: 37198747 PMCID: PMC11041077 DOI: 10.1177/13634593231175321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Research shows that patients can have values and use practices that are different from those envisioned by technology developers. Using sociomaterialism as an analytical lens, we show how patients negotiated with digital self-monitoring in the context of a scientific study. Our paper draws on interviews with 26 patients with the chronic neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS) who were invited to use an activity tracker and a self-monitoring app for a period of 12 months as part of their everyday life. Our study aims to fill a gap: relatively little is known about how digital self-monitoring becomes materialized in the everyday lives of patients with chronic diseases. We show that patients engaged in digital self-monitoring because they are eager to participate in research to contribute knowledge that will benefit the larger community of patients rather than to improve their personal self-management. Although respondents adhered to digital self-monitoring during the study, it is not self-evident that they would do so for private self-monitoring purposes. It became clear that respondents did not necessarily perceive digital self-monitoring as useful for their self-management practices due to their established knowledge and routines. Moreover, respondents referred to the inconvenience of having to perform self-monitoring tasks and the emotional burden of being reminded of the MS because of the digital self-monitoring. We conclude by indicating what could be considered when designing scientific studies, including the suitability of conventional study designs for evaluating technologies used daily by patients and the challenge of integrating patients' experiential knowledge into scientific practices.
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Mayes C, Meloni M. Forgetting how we ate: personalised nutrition and the strategic uses of history. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 2024; 46:14. [PMID: 38453802 PMCID: PMC10920492 DOI: 10.1007/s40656-024-00613-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Personalised nutrition (PN) has emerged over the past twenty years as a promising area of research in the postgenomic era and has been popularized as the new big thing out of molecular biology. Advocates of PN claim that previous approaches to nutrition sought general and universal guidance that applied to all people. In contrast, they contend that PN operates with the principle that "one size does not fit all" when it comes to dietary guidance. While the molecular mechanisms studied within PN are new, the notion of a personal dietary regime guided by medical advice has a much longer history that can be traced back to Galen's "On Food and Diet" or Ibn Sina's (westernized as Avicenna) "Canon of Medicine". Yet this history is either wholly ignored or misleadingly appropriated by PN proponents. This (mis)use of history, we argue helps to sustain the hype of the novelty of the proposed field and potential commodification of molecular advice that undermines longer histories of food management in premodern and non-Western cultures. Moreover, it elides how the longer history of nutritional advice always happened in a heavily moralized, gendered, and racialized context deeply entwined with collective technologies of power, not just individual advice. This article aims at offering a wider appreciation of this longer history to nuance the hype and exceptionalism surrounding contemporary claims.
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- Christopher Mayes
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
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- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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Ren L, Chen M, Jiang H, Wang Y, Xia L, Dong C. Perceptions of adult patients with cancer towards telemedicine: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs 2024; 11:100360. [PMID: 38293602 PMCID: PMC10825605 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2023.100360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Objective This study aims to systematically identify, evaluate, and synthesize published qualitative research on the views and attitudes of adult cancer patients toward telemedicine and, consequently to better inform the future development of telemedicine technology and interventions. Methods A meta-synthesis review was conducted to identify qualitative studies that reported adult cancer patients' perceptions toward telemedicine applications using nine electronic databases, including PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Wan Fang, VIP, and CNKI, from inception to November 2022. Quality appraisal was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research. Data were synthesized using "thematic synthesis" to identify themes and concepts. Results A total of 3518 articles were retrieved, of which 23 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These studies identified three key meta-themes and 11 key sub-themes: (1) Benefits of telemedicine: obtaining information and social support, maintaining the continuity of treatment, receiving professional assistance, having greater flexibility, and promoting physical and mental health; (2) Limitations of telemedicine: interference with normal life, privacy and security issues, auxiliary function issues, and increased psychological burden; (3) Expectations for future telemedicine: more personalized intervention, more specific and diverse information. Conclusions The study showed that the benefits and limitations coexisted in the process of telemedicine application among adult cancer patients. It is necessary to develop personalized applications that are better suited to the needs and characteristics of adult cancer patients. Future telemedicine interventions should focus on information diversification and provide patients with more diverse and effective information. Systematic review registration PROSPERO, CRD42022324528.
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- Liya Ren
- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Berners-Lee B. Reconciling healthism and techno-solutionism: An observational study of a digital mental health trial. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2024; 46:39-58. [PMID: 37337395 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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In a growing trend in digital psychiatry, algorithmic systems are used to determine correlations between data that is collected using wearable devices and self-reports of mood. They then offer recommendations for behaviour modification for improved mood. The present study consists of observations of the development of one of these systems. Descriptions of the trial emphasise the powerful role of the intrinsically motivated, responsible participant on one hand and the empowering machine learning (ML)-based technology on the other. This conceptualisation is shown to extend the neoliberal paradox of a freedom that, to be maintained, must be continually adjusted through discipline. Because of the paradoxical nature of this formulation, laboratory members disagree about the balance of agency between the objective machine learning system and the empowered participant. The guides who help participants interpret ML outputs and implement system recommendations are ascribed a replaceable role in formal accounts. Observations of this guidance practice make clear not only the important role played by guides but also how their work is relegated to the technological side of the broader formulation of the trial and further how this conceptualisation affects the way they conduct their work.
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- Ben Berners-Lee
- Department of Communication, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Thompson AN, Dawson DR, Legasto-Mulvale JM, Chandran N, Tanchip C, Niemczyk V, Rashkovan J, Jeyakumar S, Wang RH, Cameron JI, Nalder E. Mobile Technology-Based Interventions for Stroke Self-Management Support: Scoping Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2023; 11:e46558. [PMID: 38055318 PMCID: PMC10733834 DOI: 10.2196/46558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is growing interest in enhancing stroke self-management support using mobile health (mHealth) technology (eg, smartphones and apps). Despite this growing interest, "self-management support" is inconsistently defined and applied in the poststroke mHealth intervention literature, which limits efforts to synthesize and compare evidence. To address this gap in conceptual clarity, a scoping review was conducted. OBJECTIVE The objectives were to (1) identify and describe the types of poststroke mHealth interventions evaluated using a randomized controlled trial design, (2) determine whether (and how) such interventions align with well-accepted conceptualizations of self-management support (the theory by Lorig and Holman and the Practical Reviews in Self-Management Support [PRISMS] taxonomy by Pearce and colleagues), and (3) identify the mHealth functions that facilitate self-management. METHODS A scoping review was conducted according to the methodology by Arksey and O'Malley and Levac et al. In total, 7 databases were searched. Article screening and data extraction were performed by 2 reviewers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. RESULTS A total of 29 studies (26 interventions) were included. The interventions addressed 7 focal areas (physical exercise, risk factor management, linguistic exercise, activities of daily living training, medication adherence, stroke education, and weight management), 5 types of mobile devices (mobile phones or smartphones, tablets, wearable sensors, wireless monitoring devices, and laptops), and 7 mHealth functions (educating, communicating, goal setting, monitoring, providing feedback, reminding, and motivating). Collectively, the interventions aligned well with the concept of self-management support. However, on an individual basis (per intervention), the alignment was less strong. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the results, it is recommended that future research on poststroke mHealth interventions be more theoretically driven, more multidisciplinary, and larger in scale.
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- Alexandra N Thompson
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Wieczorek M, Rossmaier LWS. Healthiness as a Virtue: The Healthism of mHealth and the Challenges to Public Health. Public Health Ethics 2023; 16:219-231. [PMID: 38333766 PMCID: PMC10849162 DOI: 10.1093/phe/phad019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for self-monitoring health-relevant parameters such as heart frequency, sleeping patterns or exercise regimes aim at fostering healthy behavior change and increasing the individual users to promote and maintain their health. We argue that this aspect of mHealth supports healthism, the increasing shift from institutional responsibility for public health toward individual engagement in maintaining health as well as mitigating health risks. Moreover, this healthist paradigm leads to a shift from understanding health as the absence of illness to regarding health as the performance of certain rituals in order to project healthiness. By drawing from the analogy between healthiness and traditional virtues, we evaluate the promises made by proponents of mHealth technologies for self-monitoring. We argue that the implementation and use of mHealth risk entrenching existing inequalities and, more particularly, tend to exclude populations situated at the losing end of those inequalities from participating in the quasi-virtue of healthiness. Consequently, the implementation and use of mHealth technologies not only present challenges for social justice but also undermine their primary societal goal-to promote public health. Finally, we offer several suggestions on how to realize the potential benefit of mHealth.
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- Michał Wieczorek
- Dublin City University, Institute of Ethics, All Hallows Campus, Senior House, D09 N920, Dublin, Ireland
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Dunn R, Tamminen KA, Kim J, Vanderloo LM. Promotion of physical activity among people who identify as women through the ParticipACTION mobile app. Psychol Health 2023:1-20. [PMID: 37870144 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2023.2269422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Health and fitness mobile applications can increase users' physical activity (PA) levels (Lister et al., 2014). ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization that developed a mobile app to target PA among adults (Truelove et al., 2020). The aim of this research was to examine how women's PA is related to their use of the ParticipACTION app. METHODS AND MEASUREMENT Using a mixed-methods design, participants (n = 3,493) completed a survey regarding their PA levels, motivation for PA (capability, opportunity, motivation; COM-B, Keyworth et al., 2020), and motivation for using the ParticipACTION app. Nine focus groups were conducted (n = 37) to discuss the mobile app further. RESULTS Path analyses revealed that users' app use was positively associated with motivations for various app functions (e.g. self-monitoring, seeking exercise guidance), however, only motivation in-turn predicted PA. Descriptive results indicated that many women in Canada who used the app do not meet national guidelines for PA per week. Qualitative findings highlight women's motivation for using the app, concerns with app functionality, and feelings of guilt for not engaging in PA. CONCLUSION The ParticipACTION app may have some benefit for improving women's PA; intervention studies are needed to determine efficacy of mobile applications.
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- Rachel Dunn
- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Choi S. Personal Health Tracking: A Paradigm Shift in the Self-Care Models in Nursing. JMIR Nurs 2023; 6:e50991. [PMID: 37728970 PMCID: PMC10551777 DOI: 10.2196/50991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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The rapidly evolving digital health landscape necessitates updates to existing self-care models in nursing. This viewpoint paper revisits and evaluates prevalent models, recognizing their comprehensive exploration of self-care concepts while also identifying a gap in the incorporation of personal informatics. It underscores the missing link of human-technology interplay, an essential aspect in understanding self-care practices within digital generations. The author delineates the role of personal health tracking in self-care and the achievement of desired health outcomes. Based on these insights, the author proposes a refined, digitized self-care model that incorporates mobile health (mHealth) technologies and self-tracking behaviors. The paper concludes by advocating the application of this model for future mHealth nursing interventions, providing a framework for facilitating patient self-care and improving health and well-being in the era of digital health.
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- Soyoung Choi
- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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Motta M, Groves E, Schneider A, Paoletti S, Henchoz N, Ribes Lemay D. Designing self-tracking experiences: A qualitative study of the perceptions of barriers and facilitators to adopting digital health technology for automatic urine analysis at home. PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH 2023; 2:e0000319. [PMID: 37713376 PMCID: PMC10503698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Self-tracking technologies open new doors to previously unimaginable scenarios. The diagnosis of diseases years in advance, or supporting the health of astronauts on missions to Mars are just some of many example applications. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a wide range of self-monitoring protocols emerged, revealing opportunities but also challenges including difficulties in understanding how to self-use monitoring systems, struggling to recognize the benefit of such systems and a high likelihood of abandonment. In this paper, we explore the role that design plays in the creation of a user experience of self-tracking, with a focus on urine analysis at home. We investigate adoption factors and forms of data expression to overcome the presented challenges. By combining insights from related work, semi-structured interviews and indicative user-tests, we show the potential of pairing a traditional numerical data representation (data quantification) with a qualitative expression of the data (data qualification). Indeed, qualitative expressions have the potential to convey the complexity of the phenomena tracked, enabling deep meaning-making and emotional connection to personal data. At the same time, we also identify issues with this approach, which can require a longer learning curve and lead to rejection by users more accustomed to traditional, numerical approaches. Based on the results, several recommendations have been converted into an experimental proposition, which also presents future plans for the continuation of the project. This article presents the first fundamental step in creating a meaningful experience of self-tracking, taking into consideration the needs and expectations of future users.
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Lawrence K, Singh N, Jonassen Z, Groom LL, Alfaro Arias V, Mandal S, Schoenthaler A, Mann D, Nov O, Dove G. Operational Implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring Within a Large Ambulatory Health System: Multimethod Qualitative Case Study. JMIR Hum Factors 2023; 10:e45166. [PMID: 37498668 PMCID: PMC10415949 DOI: 10.2196/45166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies can support patients living with chronic conditions through self-monitoring of physiological measures and enhance clinicians' diagnostic and treatment decisions. However, to date, large-scale pragmatic RPM implementation within health systems has been limited, and understanding of the impacts of RPM technologies on clinical workflows and care experience is lacking. OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluate the early implementation of operational RPM initiatives for chronic disease management within the ambulatory network of an academic medical center in New York City, focusing on the experiences of "early adopter" clinicians and patients. METHODS Using a multimethod qualitative approach, we conducted (1) interviews with 13 clinicians across 9 specialties considered as early adopters and supporters of RPM and (2) speculative design sessions exploring the future of RPM in clinical care with 21 patients and patient representatives, to better understand experiences, preferences, and expectations of pragmatic RPM use for health care delivery. RESULTS We identified themes relevant to RPM implementation within the following areas: (1) data collection and practices, including impacts of taking real-world measures and issues of data sharing, security, and privacy; (2) proactive and preventive care, including proactive and preventive monitoring, and proactive interventions and support; and (3) health disparities and equity, including tailored and flexible care and implicit bias. We also identified evidence for mitigation and support to address challenges in each of these areas. CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the unique contexts, perceptions, and challenges regarding the deployment of RPM in clinical practice, including its potential implications for clinical workflows and work experiences. Based on these findings, we offer implementation and design recommendations for health systems interested in deploying RPM-enabled health care.
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- Katharine Lawrence
- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Medical Center Information Technology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, United States
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- Medical Center Information Technology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Medical Center Information Technology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, New York, NY, United States
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- Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, New York, NY, United States
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Atikur Rahaman M, Dilip Taru R, Gupta A, Prajapat V, Ahmed E. Determinants of health-conscious consumers’ intention to adopt fitness apps. INNOVATIVE MARKETING 2023; 19:1-10. [DOI: 10.21511/im.19(3).2023.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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This study aims to investigate the factors influencing consumers’ intention to adopt health fitness apps. The target population for this study were current users of health fitness apps. The data collection process was completed using a Google e-mail form with a cover letter for the convenience of customers, wherein 308 respondents were the final sample size. Data were collected from current members of health clubs and fitness centers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Most of the respondents were males (56%, n = 308), whereas females were 44%, n = 134. Five-point Likert scale was used, where ‘1’ means ‘Strongly Disagree’ and ‘5’ ‘Strongly Agree’, to clarify the item-wise questionnaire. SPSS data analysis software for research purposes was used to evaluate the hypotheses. Cronbach Alpha (α) value was used to justify the reliability of the variables. Four items measure price value; perceived performance, health consciousness, facilitating condition, hedonic motivation are measured by two items; self-efficacy – by three. The results show that the selected six determinants positively and significantly affect consumers’ intention to use health fitness apps. Overall, these variables can explain 55.50% of the variance in predicting behavioral intentions to adopt health fitness apps. Furthermore, this results could provide significant clues to health fitness app developers that can severely influence users to adopt health fitness apps for their wellbeing.
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- Md. Atikur Rahaman
- Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiangxi
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- Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Bharati Vidyapeeth
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- Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala (JJT) University
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- Assistant Professor, World University of Bangladesh
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Cenci A, Ilskov SJ, Andersen NS, Chiarandini M. The participatory value-sensitive design (VSD) of a mHealth app targeting citizens with dementia in a Danish municipality. AI AND ETHICS 2023:1-27. [PMID: 37360145 PMCID: PMC10099010 DOI: 10.1007/s43681-023-00274-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The Sammen Om Demens (together for dementia), a citizen science project developing and implementing an AI-based smartphone app targeting citizens with dementia, is presented as an illustrative case of ethical, applied AI entailing interdisciplinary collaborations and inclusive and participative scientific practices engaging citizens, end users, and potential recipients of technological-digital innovation. Accordingly, the participatory Value-Sensitive Design of the smartphone app (a tracking device) is explored and explained across all of its phases (conceptual, empirical, and technical). Namely, from value construction and value elicitation to the delivery, after various iterations engaging both expert and non-expert stakeholders, of an embodied prototype built on and tailored to their values. The emphasis is on how moral dilemmas and value conflicts, often resulting from diverse people's needs or vested interests, have been resolved in practice to deliver a unique digital artifact with moral imagination that fulfills vital ethical-social desiderata without undermining technical efficiency. The result is an AI-based tool for the management and care of dementia that can be considered more ethical and democratic, since it meaningfully reflects diverse citizens' values and expectations on the app. In the conclusion, we suggest that the co-design methodology outlined in this study is suitable to generate more explainable and trustworthy AI, and also, it helps to advance towards technical-digital innovation holding a human face.
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- Alessandra Cenci
- Department of Philosophy, Institute for the Study and Culture (IKV), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Philosophy, Institute for the Study and Culture (IKV), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Mathematics and Data Science (IMADA), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Mathematics and Data Science (IMADA), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Beltrán-Carrillo VJ, Jiménez-Loaisa A, González-Cutre D, Sierra AC, Valenciano-Valcárcel J. "You Measure Us and You Depress Us": Healthism and the Subjective Impact of Body Measurements on Secondary School Students. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2023; 33:297-307. [PMID: 36715082 DOI: 10.1177/10497323231152155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study explores adolescents' subjective experiences when facing body measurements at school, performed to evaluate the effects of a school-based intervention to promote physical activity. Three semi-structured interviews (n = 3) and two focus groups (n = 7 and 3) were conducted with adolescents after measuring some variables related to their weight and adiposity. Observational data (n = 88) collected by the two researchers in charge of the measurements were also obtained. Findings derived from our thematic analysis question the suitability of body measurements as social contexts where the core ideas of healthism emerge. Some adolescents lived body measurements as negative social experiences, promoting body dissatisfaction, social comparison, embarrassment, and simplistic associations between health and body shape, which could hinder their adherence to healthy habits. We emphasize the role of qualitative research when evaluating pre/posttests of school-based intervention studies, not just the interventions themselves, to generate knowledge to improve research protocols and prevent unwanted psychological outcomes in participants.
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- Department of Didactics of Physical Education, Artistic and Music. Faculty of Education. 16733University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Sport Sciences. Sports Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain
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- Department of Didactics of Physical Education, Artistic and Music. Faculty of Education. 16733University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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Kapeller A, Loosman I. Empowerment through health self-testing apps? Revisiting empowerment as a process. MEDICINE, HEALTH CARE, AND PHILOSOPHY 2023; 26:143-152. [PMID: 36592301 PMCID: PMC9806806 DOI: 10.1007/s11019-022-10132-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Empowerment, an already central concept in public health, has gained additional relevance through the expansion of mobile health (mHealth). Especially direct-to-consumer self-testing app companies mobilise the term to advertise their products, which allow users to self-test for various medical conditions independent of healthcare professionals. This article first demonstrates the absence of empowerment conceptualisations in the context of self-testing apps by engaging with empowerment literature. It then contrasts the service these apps provide with two widely cited empowerment definitions by the WHO, which describe the term as a process that, broadly, leads to knowledge and control of health decisions. We conclude that self-testing apps can only partly empower their users, as they, we argue, do not provide the type of knowledge and control the WHO definitions describe. More importantly, we observe that this shortcoming stems from the fact that in the literature on mHealth and in self-testing marketing, empowerment is understood as a goal rather than a process. This characterises a shift in the meaning of empowerment in the context of self-testing and mHealth, one that reveals a lack of awareness for relational and contextual factors that contribute to empowerment. We argue that returning to a process-understanding of empowerment helps to identify these apps' deficits, and we conclude the article by briefly suggesting several strategies to increase self-testing apps' empowerment function.
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- Alexandra Kapeller
- Department of Thematic Studies – Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Philosophy and Ethics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Kamp A, Grosen SL, Hansen AM. Tinkering with (in)visibilities: Caring for older people with surveillance technologies. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2023; 45:605-622. [PMID: 36639830 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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New surveillance technologies have in later years been introduced in care for older people as part of a broader policy agenda of 'sustainable' welfare state retrenchment, promoting ideals of self-sufficiency and empowerment of older people 'ageing in place'. Drawing on newer approaches to surveillance studies, this article explores care workers' active labour in creating (in)visibility in a complex and ongoing process of tinkering, while negotiating political rationales of empowerment and professional accountability. Hence, visibilities are conceived as coded, reflecting different ideals and rationales. Based on extensive fieldwork in Danish eldercare, we analyse two forms of surveillance: virtual homecare and sensor-flooring, where clients are involved and positioned in different ways in accomplishing surveillance. We illuminate how the process of accomplishing (in)visibility does not only involve tinkering with technology, but also with spatial arrangements in the client's home, and with clients' behaviour. Consequently, we underscore how tinkering may turn out to be a difficult and even conflictual task of negotiating professional authority and accountability in ways that resonate with clients' sense of autonomy and policy ideals of empowerment. Our studies underline how the power dynamics of surveillance in care should not be overlooked, even though they are continuously negotiated in care practices.
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- Annette Kamp
- Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Bagge-Petersen CM. Living Ambivalently with Chronic Illness. Med Anthropol 2023; 42:191-205. [PMID: 36745582 DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2023.2174023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mobile health smartphone applications (mHealth apps) enable patients to monitor how chronic illness interconnects with their everyday life. I explore, through focus group discussions, how such monitoring makes sense to pediatric and young patients and parents in Denmark. These groups explicate how they live both with and without chronic illness by distinguishing between when to focus on which aspects of it. I argue that this relationship with chronic illness produces parent's, children's, and young people's ambivalent attitudes toward mHealth apps that promote illness monitoring "anywhere" and at "any time."
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- Claudia M Bagge-Petersen
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Mälstam E, Patomella AH, Asaba E. Incorporating new ways of doing by learning from everyday experiences and interactions using a multifactorial mHealth app. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076221149293. [PMID: 36762023 PMCID: PMC9903038 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221149293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Digital health innovations can support the prevention and management of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke. However, little is known about people's everyday experiences of digitally augmented stroke-prevention programmes combining onsite group sessions including peers and healthcare professionals with interaction and support from a multifactorial mHealth app. Objective The aim of this study was to explore how people with stroke risk experienced interaction with a multifactorial mHealth app as support in the make my day stroke-prevention programme. Methods Repeated interviews and observations with 12 adults with moderate to high stroke risk were analysed using a constant comparative method informed by constructive grounded theory. Results Incorporating new ways of doing into everyday life involves a process through which participants learn from both being and doing in different environments (e.g., digital, physical and social). Digital self-monitoring combined with seemingly trivial everyday experiences played central roles in the process of increasing awareness of health and stroke risks, and providing tools to support increased self-reflection on everyday behaviours. Adoption of positive health behaviours in everyday life was supported or hindered by how easy to use and personally relevant the mHealth app was perceived to be. Conclusions An experience-based group programme together with a personally relevant multifactorial mHealth app can be supportive in stroke prevention to increase general health literacy and stroke risk literacy, and promote the incorporation of new ways of doing in everyday life. Routines of doing digital self-monitoring and health-promoting activities were however strongly influenced by different environments in which choices are presented. It is therefore important to explore how both self-monitoring and health-promoting activities can be incorporated into everyday routines for different individuals. Research should also explore how personally relevant mHealth can be developed and integrated into prevention practices in primary healthcare.
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- Emelie Mälstam
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Public Health and Sport Science, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden,Emelie Mälstam, Department of Neurobiology, Caring Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobels Allé 23, Plan 4, 141 83, Huddinge.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Unit for Research, Development and Education, Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden,Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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Unkels R, Alwy Al-Beity F, Julius Z, Mkumbo E, Pembe AB, Hanson C, Molsted-Alvesson H. Understanding maternity care providers' use of data in Southern Tanzania. BMJ Glob Health 2023; 8:bmjgh-2022-010937. [PMID: 36609348 PMCID: PMC9827191 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Health information management system data is collected for national planning and evaluation but is rarely used for healthcare improvements at subnational or facility-level in low-and-middle-income countries. Research suggests that perceived data quality and lack of feedback are contributing factors. We aimed to understand maternity care providers' perceptions of data and how they use it, with a view to co-design interventions to improve data quality and use. METHODS We based our research on constructivist grounded theory. We conducted 14 in-depth interviews, two focus group discussions with maternity care providers and 48 hours of observations in maternity wards to understand maternity providers' interaction with data in two rural hospitals in Southern Tanzania. Constant comparative data analysis was applied to develop initial and focused codes, subcategories and categories were continuously validated through peer and member checks. RESULTS Maternity care providers found routine health information data of little use to reconcile demands from managers, the community and their challenging working environment within their daily work. They thus added informal narrative documentation sources. They created alternative narratives through data of a maternity care where mothers and babies were safeguarded. The resulting documentation system, however, led to duplication and increased systemic complexity. CONCLUSIONS Current health information systems may not meet all data demands of maternity care providers, or other healthcare workers. Policy makers and health information system specialists need to acknowledge different ways of data use beyond health service planning, with an emphasis on healthcare providers' data needs for clinical documentation.
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- Regine Unkels
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Health Systems, Policy and Economic Evaluations, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Dept of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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Elton L. Knowledge, community and care: Digital biocitizenship in gestational diabetes. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2022; 44:1408-1426. [PMID: 35972378 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Online patient communities have proliferated rapidly, as has literature exploring the role such communities play in allowing patients to share knowledge, offer support to one another, and advocate for better medical care. Yet there has been limited scholarly engagement with patient community in gestational diabetes (GDM). Drawing on a grounded theory analysis of 18 semi-structured interviews with women with GDM, I explore how participating in an online GDM support community shaped these women's experiences of pregnancy and illness. Women's interactions with one another prompted them to appraise, contest, and co-create knowledge claims about GDM. Those in the community supported each other through the difficulties of GDM, but also held each other accountable to their regimes of self-management, often to a greater extent than their health professionals. The networks of peer support within the community engendered new ethics of care and responsibility, reframing GDM as a condition worthy of more personalised treatment and increased medical attention. These findings attest to the emergence of patient-led biocitizenship in GDM, although a caveat is given that these participants all had access to resources that facilitated their engagement with self-care practices. Further research should explore GDM patient community in marginalised populations.
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- Lotte Elton
- Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK
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Robbins R, Weaver MD, Quan SF, Sullivan JP, Qadri S, Glasner L, Cohen-Zion M, Czeisler CA, Barger LK. Evaluating the impact of a sleep health education and a personalised smartphone application on sleep, productivity and healthcare utilisation among employees: results of a randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e062121. [PMID: 36104122 PMCID: PMC9476153 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated an online Sleep Health and Wellness (SHAW) programme paired with dayzz, a personalised sleep training programme deployed via smartphone application (dayzz app) that promotes healthy sleep and treatment for sleep disorders, among employees at a large healthcare organisation. DESIGN Open-label, randomised, parallel-group controlled trial. SETTING A healthcare employer in the USA. PARTICIPANTS 1355 daytime workers. INTERVENTION Participants were randomised to intervention (n=794) or control (n=561) on consent. Intervention participants received the SHAW educational programme at baseline plus access to the personalised dayzz app for up to 9 months. The control condition received the intervention at month 10. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Our primary outcome measures were sleep-related behavioural changes (eg, consistent sleep schedule); sleep behaviour tracked on an electronic sleep diary and sleep quality. Our secondary outcome measures included employee absenteeism, performance and productivity; stress, mood, alertness and energy; and adverse health and safety outcomes (eg, accidents). RESULTS At follow-up, employees in the intervention condition were more likely to report increased sleep duration on work (7.20 vs 6.99, p=0.01) and on free (8.26 vs 8.04, p=0.03) nights. At follow-up, the prevalence of poor sleep quality was lower in the intervention (n=160 of 321, 50%) compared with control (n=184 of 327, 56%) (p=0.04). The mean total dollars lost per person per month due to reduced workplace performance (presenteeism) was less in the intervention condition (US$1090 vs US$1321, p=0.001). Employees in the intervention reported fewer mental health visits (RR 0.72, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.94, p=0.01) and lower healthcare utilisation over the study interval (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.98, p=0.03). We did not observe differences in stress (4.7 (95% CI 4.6 to 4.8) vs 4.7 (95% CI 4.6 to 4.8)), mood (4.5 (95% CI 4.4 to 4.6) vs 4.6 (95% CI 4.5 to 4.7)), alertness (4.9 (95% CI 4.8 to 5.0) vs 5.0 (95% CI 4.9 to 5.1)) or adverse health and safety outcomes (motor vehicle crashes: OR 0.82 (95% CI 0.34 to 1.9); near-miss crashes: OR=0.89 (95% CI 0.5 to 1.5) and injuries: 0.9 (95% CI 0.6 to 1.3)); energy was higher at follow-up in the intervention group (4.3 vs 4.5; p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS Results from this trial demonstrate that a SHAW programme followed by access to the digital dayzz app can be beneficial to both the employee and employer. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04224285.
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- Rebecca Robbins
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Psychiatric Division, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- dayzz Live Well Ltd, Herzliya, Israel
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Impact of technology, health and consumer-related factors on continued usage intention of wearable fitness tracking (WFT) devices. BENCHMARKING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1108/bij-12-2020-0647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeThis paper aims to explore factors impacting wearable fitness tracking (WFT) device continued usage intention from perspectives of technology attributes (autonomy benefits), health attributes (self-health management benefits, diet-control benefits and health self-efficacy), and consumer attributes (age, gender, technological innovativeness, symbolic benefits, social benefits and hedonic benefits).Design/methodology/approachThe study integrates constructs from the technology acceptance theories and the health promotion model to develop the research model and hypothesis. The empirical analysis was conducted using data from 217 respondents from India. Logistic regression was used to identify factors that discriminate between groups with low and high continued usage intentions.FindingsResults indicate higher continued usage intention for WFT devices is driven by perceived benefits-health, autonomy, social and hedonic, and individual characteristics-technological innovativeness and perceived health self-efficacy. Further, perceived symbolic benefits, diet control benefits, age, and gender does not discriminate between the groups with low and high continued usage intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThe results may be limited to the context of the sample and the factors considered. The study suggests future research areas.Practical implicationsThe paper offers insights for marketers, governments, insurance firms, and related healthcare services on promoting higher usage of WFT devices to yield dual benefits of preventive healthcare and higher profitability.Originality/valueThe study extends existing research by examining factors across consumer, health, and technological domains in a single framework and adds to the limited research in the context of usage of WFT devices in developing countries.
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Hallqvist J. The making of a professional digital caregiver: personalisation and friendliness as practices of humanisation. MEDICAL HUMANITIES 2022; 48:347-356. [PMID: 34417320 PMCID: PMC9411891 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2020-011975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to explore how a digital caregiver, developed within a Swedish interdisciplinary research project, is humanised through health-enhancing practices of personalisation and friendliness. The digital caregiver is developed for being used in older patients' homes to enhance their health. The paper explores how the participants (researchers and user study participants) of the research project navigate through the humanisation of technology in relation to practices of personalisation and friendliness. The participants were involved in a balancing act between making the digital caregiver person-like and friend-like enough to ensure the health of the patient. Simultaneously, trying to make the patients feel like as if they were interacting with someone rather than something-while at the same time not making the digital caregiver seem like a real person or a real friend. This illustrates the participants' discursive negotiations of the degree of humanisation the digital caregiver needs in order to promote the health of the patient. A discursive conflict was identified between a patient discourse of self-determination versus a healthcare professional discourse of authority and medical responsibility: whether the digital caregiver should follow the patient's health-related preferences or follow the healthcare professionals' health rules. Hence, a possible conflict between the patient and the digital caregiver might arise due to different understandings of friendliness and health; between friendliness (humanisation) as a health-enhancing practice governed by the patient or by the healthcare professionals (healthcare professionalism).
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- Johan Hallqvist
- Department of Culture and Media Studies & Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Schnall R, Liu J, Alvarez G, Porras T, Ganzhorn S, Boerner S, Huang MC, Trujillo P, Cioe P. A Smoking Cessation Mobile App for Persons Living With HIV: Preliminary Efficacy and Feasibility Study. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e28626. [PMID: 35980739 PMCID: PMC9437787 DOI: 10.2196/28626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of smoking in the United States general population has gradually declined to the lowest rate ever recorded; however, this has not been true for persons with HIV. OBJECTIVE We conducted a pilot test to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the Lumme Quit Smoking mobile app and smartwatch combination with sensing capabilities to improve smoking cessation in persons with HIV. METHODS A total of 40 participants were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned 1:1 to the control arm, which received an 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy, a 30-minute smoking cessation counseling session, and weekly check-in calls with study staff, or to the intervention arm, which additionally received the Lumme Quit Smoking app and smartwatch. RESULTS Of the 40 participants enrolled, 37 completed the follow-up study assessments and 16 used the app every day during the 56-day period. During the 6-month recruitment and enrollment period, 122 people were screened for eligibility, with 67.2% (82/122) deemed ineligible. Smoking criteria and incompatible tech were the major reasons for ineligibility. There was no difference in the proportion of 7-day point prevalence abstinence by study arm and no significant decrease in exhaled carbon monoxide for the intervention and control arms separately. However, the average exhaled carbon monoxide decreased over time when analyzing both arms together (P=.02). CONCLUSIONS Results suggest excellent feasibility and acceptability of using a smoking sensor app among this smoking population. The knowledge gained from this research will enable the scientific community, clinicians, and community stakeholders to improve tobacco cessation outcomes for persons with HIV. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04808609; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04808609.
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- Rebecca Schnall
- Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, United States
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- Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, United States
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- Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, United States
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- Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, United States
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- Center for Psychedelic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, United States
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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Plester B, Sayers J, Keen C. Health and wellness but at what cost? Technology media justifications for wearable technology use in organizations. ORGANIZATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/13505084221115841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wearable technology (WT) use in organizations is accelerating despite ethical concerns about personal privacy, data security, and stress from increased surveillance. Technology media, a key producer of meanings about WT, gives some attention to these issues but they also routinely promote WT as if they are a panacea for employee wellness. We critically analyze 150 media articles to understand how they justify the adoption of WT into organizational life. We contribute by extending previous work on surveillance technology to show how and why WT media discourses use neo-liberal justifications to justify WT implementation. We explore implications including competing health and wellness discourses and make suggestions for further research.
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- Massey University, New Zealand
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Scandinavian Online Cancer Information as Expressions of Governmentality: A Comparative Qualitative Study. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2022:00012272-990000000-00013. [PMID: 35820413 DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We compared online distributed information provided to patients with cancer in Scandinavian countries through the lens of governmentality. A secondary comparative qualitative analysis was conducted. Discourses in online patient information showed differences in governmentality techniques across the countries: Norway used a paternalist approach, Denmark an educative approach, and Sweden an individualistic approach and expected the patients to make the "right" decisions. Online information for patients with cancer in Denmark and Norway showed high professional and health care system involvement, whereas in Sweden, there was high patient involvement. There was almost no use of the person-centered approach among the online discourses.
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Wieczorek M, O’Brolchain F, Saghai Y, Gordijn B. The ethics of self-tracking. A comprehensive review of the literature. ETHICS & BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2022.2082969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wendrich K, Krabbenborg L. Digital Self-monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis: Interview Study With Dutch Health Care Providers on the Expected New Configuration of Roles and Responsibilities. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022; 10:e30224. [PMID: 35475770 PMCID: PMC9096644 DOI: 10.2196/30224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Digital self-monitoring allows patients to produce and share personal health data collected at home. This creates a novel situation in which health care providers and patients must engage in a reconfiguration of roles and responsibilities. Although existing research pays considerable attention to the perceptions of patients regarding digital self-monitoring, less attention has been paid to the needs, wishes, and concerns of health care providers. As several companies and public institutions are developing and testing digital self-monitoring at the time of writing, it is timely and relevant to explore how health care providers envision using these technologies in their daily work practices. Our findings can be considered in decision-making processes concerning the further development and implementation of digital self-monitoring. Objective This study aims to explore how health care providers envisage using smartphone apps for digital self-monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) in their daily work practices, with a particular focus on physician-patient communication and on how health care providers respond to self-monitoring data and delegate tasks and responsibilities to patients. Methods We conducted semistructured in-depth interviews with 14 MS health care providers: 4 neurologists, 7 MS specialist nurses, and 3 rehabilitation professionals. They are affiliated with 3 different hospitals in the Netherlands that will participate in a pilot study to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of a specific smartphone app for self-monitoring. Results The interviewed health care providers seemed willing to use these smartphone apps and valued the quantitative data they produce that can complement the narratives that patients provide during medical appointments. The health care providers primarily want to use digital self-monitoring via prescription, meaning that they want a standardized smartphone app and want to act as its gatekeepers. Furthermore, they envisioned delegating particular tasks and responsibilities to patients via digital self-monitoring, such as sharing data with the health care providers or acting on the data, if necessary. The health care providers expected patients to become more proactive in the management of their disease. However, they also acknowledged that not all patients are willing or able to use digital self-monitoring apps and were concerned about the potential psychological and emotional burden on patients caused by this technology. Conclusions Our findings show that health care providers envisage a particular type of patient empowerment and personalized health care in which tensions arise between health care providers acting as gatekeepers and patient autonomy, between patient empowerment and patient disempowerment, and between the weight given to quantitative objective data and that given to patients’ subjective experiences. In future research, it would be very interesting to investigate the actual experiences of health care providers with regard to digital self-monitoring to ascertain how the tensions mentioned in this paper play out in practice.
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- Karine Wendrich
- Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Agergaard S, Jakobsen AB, Mortensen LL, Ryom KE. The quest for health and the unhealthy ‘others’. A critical case study of Syrian women newcomers’ meeting with health promotion and civic integration discourses upon arrival in Denmark. CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2021.1937525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Sine Agergaard
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Schomakers EM, Lidynia C, Vervier LS, Calero Valdez A, Ziefle M. Applying an Extended UTAUT2 Model to Explain User Acceptance of Lifestyle and Therapy Mobile Health Apps: Survey Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022; 10:e27095. [PMID: 35040801 PMCID: PMC8808343 DOI: 10.2196/27095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Mobile health (mHealth) care apps are a promising technology to monitor and control health individually and cost-effectively with a technology that is widely used, affordable, and ubiquitous in many people’s lives. Download statistics show that lifestyle apps are widely used by young and healthy users to improve fitness, nutrition, and more. While this is an important aspect for the prevention of future chronic diseases, the burdened health care systems worldwide may directly profit from the use of therapy apps by those patients already in need of medical treatment and monitoring. Objective We aimed to compare the factors influencing the acceptance of lifestyle and therapy apps to better understand what drives and hinders the use of mHealth apps. Methods We applied the established unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2) technology acceptance model to evaluate mHealth apps via an online questionnaire with 707 German participants. Moreover, trust and privacy concerns were added to the model and, in a between-subject study design, the influence of these predictors on behavioral intention to use apps was compared between lifestyle and therapy apps. Results The results show that the model only weakly predicted the intention to use mHealth apps (R2=0.019). Only hedonic motivation was a significant predictor of behavioral intentions regarding both app types, as determined by path coefficients of the model (lifestyle: 0.196, P=.004; therapy: 0.344, P<.001). Habit influenced the behavioral intention to use lifestyle apps (0.272, P<.001), while social influence (0.185, P<.001) and trust (0.273, P<.001) predicted the intention to use therapy apps. A further exploratory correlation analysis of the relationship between user factors on behavioral intention was calculated. Health app familiarity showed the strongest correlation to the intention to use (r=0.469, P<.001), stressing the importance of experience. Also, age (r=–0.15, P=.004), gender (r=–0.075, P=.048), education level (r=0.088, P=.02), app familiarity (r=0.142, P=.007), digital health literacy (r=0.215, P<.001), privacy disposition (r=–0.194, P>.001), and the propensity to trust apps (r=0.191, P>.001) correlated weakly with behavioral intention to use mHealth apps. Conclusions The results indicate that, rather than by utilitarian factors like usefulness, mHealth app acceptance is influenced by emotional factors like hedonic motivation and partly by habit, social influence, and trust. Overall, the findings give evidence that for the health care context, new and extended acceptance models need to be developed with an integration of user diversity, especially individuals’ prior experience with apps and mHealth.
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- Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Robbins R, Weaver MD, Quan SF, Sullivan JP, Cohen-Zion M, Glasner L, Qadri S, Czeisler CA, Barger LK. A clinical trial to evaluate the dayzz smartphone app on employee sleep, health, and productivity at a large US employer. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0260828. [PMID: 34986183 PMCID: PMC8730427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sleep deficiency is a hidden cost of our 24-7 society, with 70% of adults in the US admitting that they routinely obtain insufficient sleep. Further, it is estimated that 50-70 million adults in the US have a sleep disorder. Undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders are associated with diminished health for the individual and increased costs for the employer. Research has shown that adverse impacts on employees and employers can be mitigated through sleep health education and sleep disorder screening and treatment programs. Smartphone applications (app) are increasingly commonplace and represent promising, scalable modalities for such programs. The dayzz app is a personalized sleep training program that incorporates assessment of sleep disorders and offers a personalized comprehensive sleep improvement solution. Using a sample of day workers affiliated with a large institution of higher education, we will conduct a single-site, parallel-group, randomized, waitlist control trial. Participants will be randomly assigned to either use the dayzz app throughout the study or receive the dayzz app at the end of the study. We will collect data on feasibility and acceptability of the dayzz app; employee sleep, including sleep behavioral changes, sleep duration, regularity, and quality; employee presenteeism, absenteeism, and performance; employee mood; adverse and safety outcomes; and healthcare utilization on a monthly basis throughout the study, as well as collect more granular daily data from the employee during pre-specified intervals. Our results will illuminate whether a personalized smartphone app is a viable approach for improving employee sleep, health, and productivity. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04224285.
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- Rebecca Robbins
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- dayzz Live Well Ltd, Herzliya, Israel
- The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- dayzz Live Well Ltd, Herzliya, Israel
- Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Riley S, Paskova K. A post-phenomenological analysis of using menstruation tracking apps for the management of premenstrual syndrome. Digit Health 2022; 8:20552076221144199. [PMID: 36532109 PMCID: PMC9756356 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221144199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Objectives Menstruation tracking digital applications (MTA) are a popular technology, yet there is a lacuna of research on how women use this technology for the management of PMS. Theoretical frameworks for understanding users' experiences are also underdeveloped in this nascent field. The objectives of the study were therefore twofold, to propose a theoretical framework for understanding women's use of MTA and apply it to the analysis of users' experiences in the management of PMS. Method A novel theoretical framework was proposed, informed by post-phenomenology, postfeminist healthism, feminist new materialism and digital health technologies as public pedagogy. This framework focuses analytic attention on affective relationships between subjectivity, bodily sensations, digital technology, and discourse. It was used to structure the analysis of five in-depth timeline interviews with women in Aotearoa New Zealand who experienced benefits from using MTA to manage PMS symptoms. Results Three pedagogical relationships were identified: a pedagogy of empowerment, where users learnt to control, predict and manage their PMS symptoms in line with healthism; a pedagogy of appreciation, where users learnt to understand their menstruating bodies as amazing, a valued part of them, and awe-inspiring that radically overturned past internalised stigma; and an 'untrustworthy teacher' who eroded this affirmative learning through inaccuracy, positioning users in dis-preferred categories, or being 'creepy'. Conclusions MTA offers huge possibilities for challenging menstrual stigma that need to be nurtured, developed, and protected; and there are benefits for analysing MTA within wider scholarship on postfeminist healthism.
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- Sarah Riley
- School of Psychology, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Psychology, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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Iyamu I, Gómez-Ramírez O, Xu AXT, Chang HJ, Watt S, Mckee G, Gilbert M. Challenges in the development of digital public health interventions and mapped solutions: Findings from a scoping review. Digit Health 2022; 8:20552076221102255. [PMID: 35656283 PMCID: PMC9152201 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221102255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background “Digital public health” has emerged from an interest in integrating digital technologies into public health. However, significant challenges which limit the scale and extent of this digital integration in various public health domains have been described. We summarized the literature about these challenges and identified strategies to overcome them. Methods We adopted Arksey and O’Malley's framework (2005) integrating adaptations by Levac et al. (2010). OVID Medline, Embase, Google Scholar, and 14 government and intergovernmental agency websites were searched using terms related to “digital” and “public health.” We included conceptual and explicit descriptions of digital technologies in public health published in English between 2000 and June 2020. We excluded primary research articles about digital health interventions. Data were extracted using a codebook created using the European Public Health Association's conceptual framework for digital public health. Results and analysis Overall, 163 publications were included from 6953 retrieved articles with the majority (64%, n = 105) published between 2015 and June 2020. Nontechnical challenges to digital integration in public health concerned ethics, policy and governance, health equity, resource gaps, and quality of evidence. Technical challenges included fragmented and unsustainable systems, lack of clear standards, unreliability of available data, infrastructure gaps, and workforce capacity gaps. Identified strategies included securing political commitment, intersectoral collaboration, economic investments, standardized ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks, adaptive research and evaluation, health workforce capacity building, and transparent communication and public engagement. Conclusion Developing and implementing digital public health interventions requires efforts that leverage identified strategies to overcome diverse challenges encountered in integrating digital technologies in public health.
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- Ihoghosa Iyamu
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Samuel G, Lucassen A. The environmental sustainability of data-driven health research: A scoping review. Digit Health 2022; 8:20552076221111297. [PMID: 35847526 PMCID: PMC9277423 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221111297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence technologies are rapidly changing the way that health research is conducted, including offering new opportunities. This will inevitably have adverse environmental impacts. These include carbon dioxide emissions linked to the energy required to generate and process large amounts of data; the impact on the material environment (in the form of data centres); the unsustainable extraction of minerals for technological components; and e-waste (discarded electronic appliances) disposal. The growth of Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence technologies means there is now a compelling need to consider these environmental impacts and develop means to mitigate them. Here, we offer a scoping review of how the environmental impacts of data storage and processing during Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence health-related research are being discussed in the academic literature. Using the UK as a case study, we also offer a review of policies and initiatives that consider the environmental impacts of data storage and processing during Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence health-related research in the UK. Our findings suggest little engagement with these issues to date. We discuss the implications of this and suggest ways that the Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence health research sector needs to move to become more environmentally sustainable.
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- Gabrielle Samuel
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Clinical ethics, law and society (CELS) Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
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Park Y, Lee S, Park S. Differences in Park Walking, Comparing the Physically Inactive and Active Groups: Data from mHealth Monitoring System in Seoul. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 19:395. [PMID: 35010655 PMCID: PMC8744669 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Despite the overall increase in physical activities and park uses, the discrepancies between physically inactive and active people have increasing widened in recent times. This paper aims to empirically measure the differences in walking activity in urban parks between the physically inactive and active. As for the dataset, 22,744 peoples' 550,234 walking bouts were collected from the mHealth system of the Seoul government, using the smartphone healthcare app, WalkOn, from September to November 2019, in Seocho-gu district, Seoul, Korea. We classified the physically inactive and active sample groups, based on their regular walking (≥150 min of moderate-to-vigorous walking activity a week), and analyzed their park walking activities. We found that while there was no significant difference in walking measures of non-park walking between the sample groups, the difference did exist in park walking. The park walking average in the physically active group had more steps (p = 0.021), longer time (p = 0.008), and higher intensity (p < 0.001) of walking than that in the inactive group. Each park also revealed differences in its on-site park walking quantity and quality, based on which we could draw the list of 'well-walked parks', which held more bouts and more moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (MVPAs) than other parks in Seocho-gu district. This paper addresses how park walking of physically inactive and active people is associated with multiple differences in everyday urban walking.
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Helberger N, Sax M, Strycharz J, Micklitz HW. Choice Architectures in the Digital Economy: Towards a New Understanding of Digital Vulnerability. JOURNAL OF CONSUMER POLICY 2021; 45:175-200. [PMID: 34955574 PMCID: PMC8693844 DOI: 10.1007/s10603-021-09500-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In the digital economy, consumer vulnerability is not simply a vantage point from which to assess some consumers' lack of ability to activate their awareness of persuasion. Instead, digital vulnerability describes a universal state of defencelessness and susceptibility to (the exploitation of) power imbalances that are the result of the increasing automation of commerce, datafied consumer-seller relations, and the very architecture of digital marketplaces. Digital vulnerability, we argue, is architectural, relational, and data-driven. Based on our concept of digital vulnerability, we demonstrate how and why using digital technology to render consumers vulnerable is the epitome of an unfair digital commercial practice.
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- N. Helberger
- Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Liu Y, Avello M. Status of the research in fitness apps: A bibliometric analysis. TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS 2021; 57:101506. [PMID: 34887613 PMCID: PMC7510592 DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2020.101506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A bibliometric analysis of the fitness apps research field to gain insight into the state of the art. Scopus and Web of Science were used to collect the data (481 records). Statistical analysis and science mapping were used to analyze the data. Provides basic data, research classifications and future research directions in the area.
Fitness applications have undergone considerable development in the last few years and becoming popular and significant in both academic and practical areas. However, contributions to the systematic mapping of this field continue to be lacking. This paper constitutes the first bibliometric study in this field to better understand the current state of research. We examined 481 records from databases Scopus and Web of Science (Core Collection) using several bibliometric analysis methods. All the records on this emerging topic were published between 2011 and 2019. We processed these records using statistical analysis and science mapping. The bibliometric analysis included the year of publication, journal name, citation, author, country, and particularly, research methodology. Additionally, we used the VOSViewer software to perform bibliometric mapping of co-authorship, co-citation of authors, and co-occurrence of keywords. This field of study, it was found, is currently in its precursor stage, contributing primarily to the fields of medicine, computer science, and health sciences. The United States appeared to have made the largest contribution to this field. However, author productivity, number of citations, and number of core journals all indicated a high degree of fragmentation of research in this filed. Remarkably, scientific research in this area is expected to progress tremendously over time. Overall, this study provides basic data and research classifications for the initial phase of research and research direction for future research in this area.
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- Yali Liu
- Ph.D. Student in Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas. 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
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Davies B. 'Personal Health Surveillance': The Use of mHealth in Healthcare Responsibilisation. Public Health Ethics 2021; 14:268-280. [PMID: 34899983 PMCID: PMC8661076 DOI: 10.1093/phe/phab013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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There is an ongoing increase in the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies that patients can use to monitor health-related outcomes and behaviours. While the dominant narrative around mHealth focuses on patient empowerment, there is potential for mHealth to fit into a growing push for patients to take personal responsibility for their health. I call the first of these uses 'medical monitoring', and the second 'personal health surveillance'. After outlining two problems which the use of mHealth might seem to enable us to overcome-fairness of burdens and reliance on self-reporting-I note that these problems would only really be solved by unacceptably comprehensive forms of personal health surveillance which applies to all of us at all times. A more plausible model is to use personal health surveillance as a last resort for patients who would otherwise independently qualify for responsibility-based penalties. However, I note that there are still a number of ethical and practical problems that such a policy would need to overcome. The prospects of mHealth enabling a fair, genuinely cost-saving policy of patient responsibility are slim.
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- Ben Davies
- Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Mishra P, Suresh Y. Datafied body projects in India: Femtech and the rise of reproductive surveillance in the digital era. ASIAN JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S STUDIES 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2021.2002010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Paro Mishra
- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India
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- Department of Sociology, Shiv Nadar University, National Capital Region, India
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Liu Y, Lv X, Tang Z. The impact of mortality salience on quantified self behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021; 180:110972. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Feng S, Mäntymäki M, Dhir A, Salmela H. How Self-tracking and the Quantified Self Promote Health and Well-being: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e25171. [PMID: 34546176 PMCID: PMC8493454 DOI: 10.2196/25171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-tracking technologies are widely used in people's daily lives and health care. Academic research on self-tracking and the quantified self has also accumulated rapidly in recent years. Surprisingly, there is a paucity of research that reviews, classifies, and synthesizes the state of the art with respect to self-tracking and the quantified self. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to identify the state of the art of self-tracking and the quantified self in terms of health and well-being. METHODS We have undertaken a systematic literature review on self-tracking and the quantified self in promoting health and well-being. After a rigorous literature search, followed by inclusions, exclusions, and the application of article quality assessment protocols, 67 empirical studies qualified for the review. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that prior research has focused on 3 stakeholders with respect to self-tracking and the quantified self, namely end users, patients and people with illnesses, and health care professionals and caregivers. We used these stakeholder groups to cluster the research themes of the reviewed studies. We identified 11 research themes. There are 6 themes under the end-user cluster: user motivation and goal setting, usage and effects of self-tracking, continuance intention and long-term usage, management of personal data, rejection and discontinuance, and user characteristics. The patient and people with illnesses cluster contains three themes: usage experience of patients and people with illnesses, management of patient-generated data, and advantages and disadvantages in the clinical context. The health care professional and caregiver cluster contains two themes: collaboration among patients, health care professionals, and caregivers, and changes in the roles of patients and professionals. Moreover, we classified the future research suggestions given in the literature into 5 directions in terms of research designs and research topics. Finally, based on our reflections on the observations from the review, we suggest four future research directions: (1) users' cognitions and emotions related to processing and interpreting the information produced by tracking devices and apps; (2) the dark side of self-tracking (eg, its adverse psychosocial consequences); (3) self-tracking as a societal phenomenon; and (4) systemic impacts of self-tracking on health care and the actors involved. CONCLUSIONS This systematic literature review contributes to research and practice by assisting future research activities and providing practitioners with a concise overview of the state of the art of self-tracking and the quantified self.
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- Shan Feng
- Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Management, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Bergman K, Nowicka P, Eli K, Lövestam E. "Writing nutritionistically": A critical discourse analysis of lay people's digital correspondence with the Swedish Food Agency. Health (London) 2021; 26:554-570. [PMID: 34542352 PMCID: PMC9344565 DOI: 10.1177/13634593211038533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This article analyzes lay people’s use of nutritionistic discourse in written
correspondence with the Swedish Food Agency, an authority responsible for
dietary advice. Examining 60 food related written digital messages, we apply a
critical discourse analysis to parse the lexical items and grammar people use
when constructing “food” in scientific terms. The findings show how message
writers place nutrients at the discursive center. Message writers’ grammatical
constructions instrumentalize food and eating. This is reinforced by the message
writers’ frequent use of terms that indicate preciseness, such as numbers and
amounts. Messages therefore emphasize the what, but not the how, of eating,
implying a focus on food as subject to regulation and control. As such, eating
is discursively reduced to an act of ingesting nutrients that can be
decontextualized and managed in isolation—as entities to increase or avoid
separately. These discursive features preclude the conceptualization of food
choice and eating as subjective experiences of feelings, taste, and
tradition.
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Volpato L, Del Río Carral M, Senn N, Santiago Delefosse M. General Practitioners' Perceptions of the Use of Wearable Electronic Health Monitoring Devices: Qualitative Analysis of Risks and Benefits. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021; 9:e23896. [PMID: 34383684 PMCID: PMC8386401 DOI: 10.2196/23896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background The rapid diffusion of wearable electronic health monitoring devices (wearable devices or wearables) among lay populations shows that self-tracking and self-monitoring are pervasively expanding, while influencing health-related practices. General practitioners are confronted with this phenomenon, since they often are the expert-voice that patients will seek. Objective This article aims to explore general practitioners’ perceptions of the role of wearable devices in family medicine and of their benefits, risks, and challenges associated with their use. It also explores their perceptions of the future development of these devices. Methods Data were collected during a medical conference among 19 Swiss general practitioners through mind maps. Maps were first sketched at the conference and their content was later compared with notes and reports written during the conference, which allowed for further integration of information. This tool represents an innovative methodology in qualitative research that allows for time-efficient data collection and data analysis. Results Data analysis highlighted that wearable devices were described as user-friendly, adaptable devices that could enable performance monitoring and support medical research. Benefits included support for patients’ empowerment and education, behavior change facilitation, better awareness of personal medical history and body functioning, efficient information transmission, and connection with the patient’s medical network; however, general practitioners were concerned by a lack of scientific validation, lack of clarity over data protection, and the risk of stakeholder-associated financial interests. Other perceived risks included the promotion of an overly medicalized health culture and the risk of supporting patients’ self-diagnosis and self-medication. General practitioners also feared increased pressure on their workload and a compromised doctor–patient relationship. Finally, they raised important questions that can guide wearables’ future design and development, highlighting a need for general practitioners and medical professionals to be involved in the process. Conclusions Wearables play an increasingly central role in daily health-related practices, and general practitioners expressed a desire to become more involved in the development of such technologies. Described as useful information providers, wearables were generally positively perceived and did not seem to pose a threat to the doctor–patient relationship. However, general practitioners expressed their concern that wearables may fuel a self-monitoring logic, to the detriment of patients’ autonomy and overall well-being. While wearables can contribute to health promotion, it is crucial to clarify the logic underpinning the design of such devices. Through the analysis of group discussions, this study contributes to the existing literature by presenting general practitioners’ perceptions of wearable devices. This paper provides insight on general practitioners’ perception to be considered in the context of product development and marketing.
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- Lucia Volpato
- Research Centre for Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Centre for Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Family Medicine, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Centre for Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zicari RV, Ahmed S, Amann J, Braun SA, Brodersen J, Bruneault F, Brusseau J, Campano E, Coffee M, Dengel A, Düdder B, Gallucci A, Gilbert TK, Gottfrois P, Goffi E, Haase CB, Hagendorff T, Hickman E, Hildt E, Holm S, Kringen P, Kühne U, Lucieri A, Madai VI, Moreno-Sánchez PA, Medlicott O, Ozols M, Schnebel E, Spezzatti A, Tithi JJ, Umbrello S, Vetter D, Volland H, Westerlund M, Wurth R. Co-Design of a Trustworthy AI System in Healthcare: Deep Learning Based Skin Lesion Classifier. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN DYNAMICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.688152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This paper documents how an ethically aligned co-design methodology ensures trustworthiness in the early design phase of an artificial intelligence (AI) system component for healthcare. The system explains decisions made by deep learning networks analyzing images of skin lesions. The co-design of trustworthy AI developed here used a holistic approach rather than a static ethical checklist and required a multidisciplinary team of experts working with the AI designers and their managers. Ethical, legal, and technical issues potentially arising from the future use of the AI system were investigated. This paper is a first report on co-designing in the early design phase. Our results can also serve as guidance for other early-phase AI-similar tool developments.
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Butorac I, Carter A. The Coercive Potential of Digital Mental Health. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS : AJOB 2021; 21:28-30. [PMID: 34152911 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1926582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Zidaru T, Morrow EM, Stockley R. Ensuring patient and public involvement in the transition to AI-assisted mental health care: A systematic scoping review and agenda for design justice. Health Expect 2021; 24:1072-1124. [PMID: 34118185 PMCID: PMC8369091 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Machine‐learning algorithms and big data analytics, popularly known as ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI), are being developed and taken up globally. Patient and public involvement (PPI) in the transition to AI‐assisted health care is essential for design justice based on diverse patient needs. Objective To inform the future development of PPI in AI‐assisted health care by exploring public engagement in the conceptualization, design, development, testing, implementation, use and evaluation of AI technologies for mental health. Methods Systematic scoping review drawing on design justice principles, and (i) structured searches of Web of Science (all databases) and Ovid (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Global Health and Embase); (ii) handsearching (reference and citation tracking); (iii) grey literature; and (iv) inductive thematic analysis, tested at a workshop with health researchers. Results The review identified 144 articles that met inclusion criteria. Three main themes reflect the challenges and opportunities associated with PPI in AI‐assisted mental health care: (a) applications of AI technologies in mental health care; (b) ethics of public engagement in AI‐assisted care; and (c) public engagement in the planning, development, implementation, evaluation and diffusion of AI technologies. Conclusion The new data‐rich health landscape creates multiple ethical issues and opportunities for the development of PPI in relation to AI technologies. Further research is needed to understand effective modes of public engagement in the context of AI technologies, to examine pressing ethical and safety issues and to develop new methods of PPI at every stage, from concept design to the final review of technology in practice. Principles of design justice can guide this agenda.
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- Teodor Zidaru
- Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK
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- Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, Guildford and Waverley CCG, Guildford, UK.,Insight and Feedback Team, Nursing Directorate, NHS England and NHS Improvement, London, UK.,Surrey County Council, Kingston upon Thames, UK
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Papoutsi C, Collins CD, Christopher A, Shaw SE, Greenhalgh T. Interrogating the promise of technology in epilepsy care: systematic, hermeneutic review. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2021; 43:928-947. [PMID: 33792060 PMCID: PMC8317050 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Technology development is gathering pace in epilepsy with seizure detection devices promising to transform self-care and service provision. However, such accounts often neglect the uncertainties, displacements and responsibilities that technology-supported care generates. This review brings together a heterogeneous literature, identified through systematic searches in 8 databases and snowball searching, to interrogate how technology becomes positioned in epilepsy care. We took a hermeneutic approach in our analysis of the 206 included articles, which resulted in the development of a conceptual framework surfacing the underlying logics by which technology-supported epilepsy care is organised. Each of these logics enacts different techno-scientific futures and carries specific assumptions about how (often imagined) 'users' and their bodies become co-constituted. Our review shows that studies in this area remain primarily deterministic and technology-focused. Few draw phenomenological insights on lived experiences with epilepsy or use social theory to problematise the role of technology. We propose future directions for sociotechnical, theory-driven studies of technology in epilepsy care and offer a framework transferable across other long-term conditions.
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- Chrysanthi Papoutsi
- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- North Oxfordshire GP Training Scheme,Terence Mortimer Education CentreHorton General HospitalBanburyOxfordshireUK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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