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J Med Internet Res
January 2025
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Background: Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common causes of hospital readmission in the United States. These hospitalizations are often driven by insufficient self-care. Commercial mobile health (mHealth) technologies, such as consumer-grade apps and wearable devices, offer opportunities for improving HF self-care, but their efficacy remains largely underexplored.
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January 2025
Department of Computer Science, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Background: Mobile health apps have shown promising results in improving self-management of several chronic diseases in patients. We have developed a mobile health app (Cardiomeds) dedicated to patients with heart failure (HF). This app includes an interactive medication list; daily self-monitoring of symptoms, weight, blood pressure, and heart rate; and educational information on HF delivered through various formats.
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January 2025
Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Monastir. Tunisia.
Unlabelled: Introduction-Aim: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major public health problem. To succeed its management and prevent its complications, good therapeutic adherence must be ensured. The objectives of our work were to estimate the prevalence of poor therapeutic adherence in our patients and to identify its associated factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContemp Clin Trials Commun
February 2025
Healthcare Delivery Research, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Background: Black individuals with cancer have a higher prevalence of comorbidities and a worse cancer prognosis than other racial groups in the US. As part of a quality improvement project, we aimed to demonstrate feasibility of self-monitoring and community health worker (CHW) support among managing comorbidities for Black individuals with breast or prostate cancer.
Methods: In a single arm, pre-post study, we enrolled patients with diabetes and/or hypertension who identified as Black and were diagnosed with 1) stage 0-IV breast cancer, or 2) prostate cancer and on long-term androgen-deprivation therapy.
Curr Diabetes Rev
January 2025
College of Nursing of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Campus, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
Objective: The aim of this study was to synthesize scientific evidence on the influence of health literacy and numerical knowledge on self-monitoring of capillary blood glucose.
Methods: Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines and the principles of the Joanna Briggs Institute, a comprehensive search was conducted across multiple databases, including CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase, LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, OPENGREY, and NDLTD. The review included studies published in any language that examined the relationship between HL, numeracy, and SMBG.
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