Findings suggest that forums have the potential to enable women to recognize and reveal their internal stigma, which may in turn lead to greater disclosure of symptoms to health care providers.
Conclusions: We provide new insights into the impact of prolonged participation in an online depression community and highlight the positive emotion change in members.
Background: The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control implemented a comprehensive Web-based testing service GetCheckedOnline (GCO) in September 2014 in Vancouver, Canada. GCO’s objectives are to increase testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), reach high-prevalence populations facing testing barriers, and increase clinical STI service capacity
Conclusions: Our findings show a relation between the Microsoft Kinect-based version of the CPT and ADHD symptomatology assessed through parental report. Results point out the importance of future research on the development of objective measures for the diagnosis of ADHD among children and adolescents.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the Hinge Health 12-week digital care program (DCP) for Chronic Knee Pain on knee pain and function, with secondary outcomes of surgery interest and satisfaction, at 12 weeks and 6 months after starting the program.
Conclusions: Although there were many smartphone and health app users, a substantial proportion of the population was not engaged. Findings suggest age-related, socioeconomic-related, literacy-related, and health-related disparities in the use of mobile technologies. Health app use may reflect a user’s motivation to change or maintain health behaviors. App developers and researchers should take account of the needs of older people, people with low health literacy, and chronic conditions.
Conclusions: Although mostly positive, the proportion of reviews containing wishlist requests indicates consumer needs are not adequately addressed by currently available disorder management apps. Consumers value content that is helpful, supportive, and easy to use, and they are integrating apps into their health management and clinical care without necessarily considering the evidence-base or clinical effectiveness of the tool.
Recently, researchers have started to use mobile phones to passively assess sleep in individuals’ daily lives. However, this work remains in its early stages, having only examined relatively small and homogeneous populations in carefully controlled contexts. Thus, it remains an open question as to how well mobile device-based sleep monitoring generalizes to larger populations in typical use cases.
Results: The prototypes for mobile apps were received positively by participants. The prototype that used a dialogue support approach was identified as the most likely to be used or recommended by those interviewed, and was perceived as more persuasive than both of the other prototypes
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by remarkable heterogeneity in social, communication, and behavioral deficits, creating a major barrier in identifying effective treatments for a given individual with ASD. To facilitate precision medicine in ASD, we utilized a well-validated biological motion neuroimaging task to identify pretreatment biomarkers that can accurately forecast the response to an evidence-based behavioral treatment, Virtual Reality-Social Cognition Training (VR-SCT). Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for dementia is being offered to people with dementia who live at home in Surrey or North East Hampshire. It involves a network of small technological devices that are installed in the home allowing clinicians to remotely monitor a person’s health, wellbeing and environment. If the technology identifies a health or safety problem, clinicians are immediately notified and can step in to offer support.
Few individuals living with mental disorders around the globe have access to mental health care, yet most have access to a mobile phone. Digital technology holds promise for improving access to, and quality of, mental health care. We reviewed evidence on the use of mobile, online, and other remote technologies for treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries.Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The Doncaster Health Visitors Facebook page was launched nearly 2 years ago and has gone from strength to strength. Health visitors, nursery nurses and a volunteer keep the pages up-to-date with health information, local updates on groups and activities, top tips from parents and ideas for encouraging play and development.
The newly launched private messaging service is manned Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm – meaning parents can ask a question and get a response quickly and easily. Parents have said that social media is a great way for them to interact with the service and share their parenting experiences.
The trust is already paving the way in the use of digital technology in the NHS, embracing digital health on a daily basis to support patient care. This includes:
offering patients remote consultations using video conferencing facilities such as Skype and FaceTime;
electronic patient notes available via iPad from anywhere at any time;
signposting to online wellbeing and mental health therapies;
and using and recommending apps such as True Colours to support patients’ self-management and recovery;
The Test Bed aims to help people living with a mild to moderate dementia diagnosis or another long term condition such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes, or heart failure to better self-manage and receive early clinical interventions where needed to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
In this meta-analysis of individual participant data from 3876 adults, internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy was more effective compared with controls. Adherence predicted better treatment outcomes within the experimental condition. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
For people who use mental health services, this will mean taking ownership of their health and care information, updating directly into their care record and being able to interact with clinicians at the Trust using the latest digital technology, including smartphone apps and a secure online patient portal. Providing online information, learning and communities will also give service users the knowledge to manage their own health and wellness and adopt healthy behaviours. It will also enable their carers and families to provide the best possible support.
A new report outlines how health and social care providers must collaborate with users of services when designing apps, websites and other digital technologies.