Background: Surgical procedures and their potential complications place substantial strain on patients, clinicians, and health care systems. These strains are driven by the anticipated morbidity and mortality, so that there is resource-intensive postoperative inpatient…
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Background: Adolescent pregnancy is of public health concern due to high rates of pregnancy-related complications and lower antenatal attendance among adolescent girls and young women. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have the potential to improve…
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Background: To bridge the gap between clinical guidelines and suboptimal stroke management in rural settings, we conducted an implementation trial using evidence-based, mobile health–enabled strategies to empower primary care providers in rural China. The…
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Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by painful, disfiguring, inflammatory lesions such as nodules, abscesses and fistulas in intertriginous sites. It significantly impacts patients’ quality of life. Early diagnosis…
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Background: Mobile Health (mHealth) interventions can transform healthcare delivery and improve population health. The evidence regarding lifestyle interventions is growing. They show promising results in both, preventing and treating non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and enhancing…
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Background: Compliance rates for mobile health (mHealth) studies that involve intensive study designs are highly variable. Both person- and study-specific factors likely contribute to this variability. We were interested in understanding the impact that…
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Background: Research about the engagement of adolescents with mobile health (mHealth) interventions is scarce, while it is generally assumed that the engagement affects the intervention efficacy. Objective: Using a mHealth intervention that targets the…
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Background: Digital interventions are promising for the prevention of substance use in young people. However, engagement with these interventions is often insufficient and their full potential cannot be realized. Given the established link between…
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Despite widespread interest in integrating mobile health apps into primary care to prevent and manage physical inactivity-related health conditions, the effectiveness of these apps remains unclear. We quantified the effects of Active 10 (a…
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Mobile health (mHealth) is gaining interest worldwide. This randomized trial aimed to test the effects of family companionship on the prevention of social frailty among Japanese individuals aged ≥40 years using a mHealth application….
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