G. Giunti Garcia
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Background and objective: Social media could be valuable tools to support people with multiple sclerosis (MS). There is little evidence on the MS-related topics that are discussed on social media, and the sentiment linked to these topics. The objective of this work is to ident ...
This paper reports a case study on the spontaneous personalization discussions emerged from interviews with healthcare professionals when asked about their work practices and the role of information technology (IT) during consultations. We thematically analyzed the personaliza ...
Evaluation of more stamina, a mobile app for fatigue management in persons with multiple sclerosis
Protocol for a feasibility, acceptability, and usability study
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world’s most common neurologic disorders leading to severe disability in young adults. MS-related fatigue directly impacts on the quality of life and activity levels of people with MS. Self-management strategies are used to sup ...
Designing during, and for Pandemics
A multidisciplinary approach
Emerging personalization elements in health service delivery
A case study in the finnish primary healthcare
Healthcare emphasizes the importance to treat each healthcare user as a unique individual. This paper reports a case study, where we asked healthcare professionals to rationalize their work practices and the role of information technology (IT) once they meet with a healthcare ...
The physical and social distancing measures that have been adopted worldwide because of COVID-19 will probably remain in place for a long time, especially for senior adults, people with chronic conditions, and other at-risk populations. Teleconsultations can be useful in ensur ...
Data-driven personalization of a physiotherapy care pathway
Case study of posture scanning
Background: Advanced sensor, measurement, and analytics technologies are enabling entirely new ways to deliver health care. The increased availability of digital data can be used for data-driven personalization of care. Data-driven personalization can complement expert-driven ...
Mapping the access of future doctors to health information technologies training in the european union
Cross-sectional descriptive study
Background: Health information technologies (HITs) such as electronic health records (EHR) and telemedicine services are currently used to assist clinicians provide care to patients. There are many barriers to HIT adoption, including mismatches between investments and benefits ...
The extent and coverage of current knowledge of connected health
Systematic mapping study
Factors influencing the adoption of smart health technologies for people with dementia and their informal caregivers
Scoping review and design framework
Background: Smart Health technologies (s-Health technologies) are being developed to support people with dementia (PwD) and their informal caregivers at home, to improve care and reduce the levels of burden and stress they experience. However, although s-Health technologies ha ...
Informal caregivers' attitudes and compliance towards a connected health platform for home care support
Insights from a long-term exposure
Background When designing Connected Health (CH) solutions for home care, it is vital to focus on usability and user experience to ensure that technologies are easy to use and meet users' expectations and needs. Generally, the usability and user experience tests are conducted d ...
More stamina, a gamified mHealth solution for persons with multiple sclerosis
Research through design
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world's most common neurologic disorders. Fatigue is one of most common symptoms that persons with MS experience, having significant impact on their quality of life and limiting their activity levels. Self-management strategies ...
3MD for chronic conditions, a model for motivational mHealth design
Embedded case study
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world’s most common neurologic disorders, with symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive problems, and issues with mobility. Evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) helps people with MS reduce fatigue and improve quality of lif ...
A biopsy of Breast Cancer mobile applications
State of the practice review
Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. The use of mobile software applications for health and wellbeing promotion has grown exponentially in recent years. We systematically reviewed the breast cancer apps available in today's leading smartphone applicatio ...
Supply and demand in mhealth apps for persons with multiple sclerosis
Systematic search in app stores and scoping literature review
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a non-curable chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that affects more than 2 million people worldwide. MS-related symptoms impact negatively on the quality of life of persons with MS, who need to be active in the mana ...
Detecting Gamification in Breast Cancer Apps
An Automatic Methodology for Screening Purposes
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women both in developed and developing countries. More than half of all cancer mobile application concern breast cancer. Gamification is widely used in mobile software applications created for health-related services. Current prevalen ...
Connected Health in Multiple Sclerosis
A Mobile Applications Review
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease that can adversely affect any body function; this often requires persons with MS to be active patients who are able to self-manage. There are currently thousands of health applications available but it is unk ...
Serious Games
A Concise Overview on What They Are and Their Potential Applications to Healthcare
Younger generations are extensive users of digital devices; these technologies have always existed and have always been a part of their lives. Video games are a big part of their digital experience. User-centered design is an approach to designing systems informed by scientifi ...