Background: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have immense potential to support disease self-management for people with complex medical conditions following treatment regimens that involve taking medicine and other self-management activities. However, there is no consensus…
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Background: Wearables measuring vital parameters can be potential tools for monitoring patients at home during cancer treatment. One type of wearable is a smart t-shirt with embedded sensors. Initially, the smart t-shirts were designed…
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced physical activity (PA) levels and increased sedentary behavior (SB), which can lead to worsening physical fitness (PF). Children and adolescents may benefit from mobile health (mHealth) apps…
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Background: Use of electronic medical record (EMR) patient portal messaging has rarely been studied in maternity care. Objective: This study aimed to estimate changes in patient portal use and intensity in prenatal care before…
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Background: Numerous smartphone apps are targeting physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE), but empirical evidence on their effectiveness for the initialization and maintenance of behavior change, especially in children and adolescents, is still…
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Background: Some common modified vascular risk factors remain poorly controlled among stroke survivors, and educational programs may help improve these conditions. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned online educational intervention…
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Background: Coronary heart disease is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Secondary prevention is essential, as it reduces the risk of further coronary events. Mobile health (mHealth) technology could become a useful…
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Background: Accurately assessing an individual’s diet is vital in the management of personal nutrition and in the study of the effect of diet on health. Despite its importance, the tools available for dietary assessment…
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Background: Past few years has witnessed a burgeoning interest in applying gamification to promote desired health behaviors. However, little is known about the effectiveness of such applications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention and…
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Background: In patients with gout, suboptimal management refers to a lack of disease knowledge, low treatment compliance, and inadequate control of serum uric acid levels. Several studies have shown that continuous care is recommended…
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