Evaluating mobile phone applications for health behaviour change: A systematic review

FH McKay, C Cheng, A Wright, J Shill… - … of telemedicine and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Increasing smartphones access has allowed for increasing development and
use of smart phone applications (apps). Mobile health interventions have previously relied …

The effectiveness of mobile-health technology-based health behaviour change or disease management interventions for health care consumers: a systematic review

C Free, G Phillips, L Galli, L Watson, L Felix… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level
support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

Bibliometric analysis of worldwide scientific literature in mobile-health: 2006–2016

WM Sweileh, SW Al-Jabi, AS AbuTaha… - BMC medical informatics …, 2017 - Springer
Background The advancement of mobile technology had positively influenced healthcare
services. An emerging subfield of mobile technology is mobile health (m-Health) in which …

Mobile text messaging for health: a systematic review of reviews

AK Hall, H Cole-Lewis… - Annual review of public …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The aim of this systematic review of reviews is to identify mobile text-messaging
interventions designed for health improvement and behavior change and to derive …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptance of commercially available wearable activity trackers among adults aged over 50 and with chronic illness: a mixed-methods evaluation

K Mercer, L Giangregorio, E Schneider… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior increase the risk of chronic illness
and death. The newest generation of “wearable” activity trackers offers potential as a …

Efficacy of text messaging-based interventions for health promotion: a meta-analysis

KJ Head, SM Noar, NT Iannarino… - Social science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of text messaging-based health promotion
interventions. Nineteen randomized controlled trials conducted in 13 countries met inclusion …

Text messaging as a tool for behavior change in disease prevention and management

H Cole-Lewis, T Kershaw - Epidemiologic reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Mobile phone text messaging is a potentially powerful tool for behavior change because it is
widely available, inexpensive, and instant. This systematic review provides an overview of …

Virtual online consultations: advantages and limitations (VOCAL) study

T Greenhalgh, S Vijayaraghavan, J Wherton, S Shaw… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Remote video consultations between clinician and patient are technically
possible and increasingly acceptable. They are being introduced in some settings alongside …

mHealth adoption in low-resource environments: a review of the use of mobile healthcare in developing countries

A Chib, MH van Velthoven, J Car - Journal of health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The acknowledged potential of using mobile phones for improving healthcare in low-
resource environments of developing countries has yet to translate into significant mHealth …

How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from eCAALYX

MNK Boulos, S Wheeler, C Tavares… - Biomedical engineering …, 2011 - Springer
The latest generation of smartphones are increasingly viewed as handheld computers rather
than as phones, due to their powerful on-board computing capability, capacious memories …