Examining the Role of Social Determinants of Health on Adherence to Pap Screening Guidelines for US Women Aged 21 to 64 Years: Evidence From the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Background: Social determinants of health (SDOH) domains outlined by the American Cancer Society may provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence adherence to cervical cancer screening recommendations. However, the relationship between the domains and screening adherence has not been previously examined.

Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between SDOH domains and adherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines among US women aged 21 to 64 years, using data from the Health Information National Trends Survey cycle 6 (n = 6252).

Patients' Experiences Using a Mobile Health App for Self-Care of Heart Failure in a Real-World Setting: Qualitative Analysis.

Background: Publicly available patient-focused mobile health (mHealth) apps are being increasingly integrated into routine heart failure (HF)-related self-care. However, there is a dearth of research on patients' experiences using mHealth apps for self-care in real-world settings.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore patients' experiences using a commercially available mHealth app, OnTrack to Health, for HF self-care in a real-world setting.

Measures of Engagement With mHealth Interventions in Patients With Heart Failure: Scoping Review.

Background: Despite the potential of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to facilitate the early detection of signs of heart failure (HF) decompensation and provide personalized management of symptoms, the outcomes of such interventions in patients with HF have been inconsistent. As engagement with mHealth is required for interventions to be effective, poor patient engagement with mHealth interventions may be associated with mixed evidence. It is crucial to understand how engagement with mHealth interventions is measured in patients with HF, and the effects of engagement on HF outcomes.

Self-reported engagement in exercise is associated with longer event-free survival in heart failure patients with poor functional capacity.

Aims: Despite evidence-based recommendations for clinically stable patients with heart failure (HF) to engage in unsupervised exercise, the minimum cumulative dose of exercise per week associated with improvement in HF outcomes, especially in patients with poor functional capacity, has not been examined. We examined whether patients with HF and poor functional capacity who reported engagement in a guideline-recommended minimum weekly exercise had longer event-free survival than patients who did not exercise.

Methods And Results: This analysis included 310 patients with HF who had completed the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) and reported their level of engagement in exercise.