Smartphone apps to help children and adolescents with cancer and their families: a scoping review

Mehdizadeh, Hamed; Asadi, Farkhondeh; Mehrvar, Azim; Nazemi, Eslam; Emami, Hassan

doi:10.1080/0284186x.2019.1588474

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“…Additionally, digital health constitutes a combination of both software and hardware technology with health care delivery and management, and encompasses a number of domains, from wearable devices to AI, utilizing varied methods of data collection and information flow, including monitoring of chronic conditions, such as respiratory, weight management, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases [31], training of medical professionals [32][33][34] and core uses, such as apps in medical laboratories [35,36]. Another fine example is on cancer care, from its screening and management strategies to survivorship [37] and in personalized medicine, supporting fitness, health education, symptom tracking, and collaborative disease management care coordination [38][39][40], as well as, apps targeting from aging population [41,42] to children [43].…”

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Mobile Apps for Helping Patient-Users: Is It Still Far-Fetched?

Siristatidis¹,

Pouliakis²,

Karageorgiou³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Emergence of health-related smartphone applications and their wide dissemination in public as well as healthcare practitioners has undergone criticism under the scope of public health. Still, despite methodological issues curbing the initial enthusiasm, availability, safety and, in certain cases, documented efficacy of these measures has secured regulatory approval. Bearing in mind these pitfalls, we describe the necessary steps towards implementation of deep learning techniques in the specific clinical context of women’s health and infertility in particular.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile Apps for Helping Patient-Users: Is It Still Far-Fetched?

Siristatidis¹,

Pouliakis²,

Karageorgiou³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…The use of electronic health (eHealth) services for health issues in general in pediatric health care is scarce, and few eHealth services focus on enabling and supporting children and young people’s participation in pediatric health care. Most of the eHealth services that have been developed are related to children with mental illnesses [18-20], blood disorder [21], or cancer [22] and are primarily focusing on symptom assessment, medication adherence, information, training, and self-management. We have only found one review of eHealth services that was designed to support the communication between children and health professionals with the overall purpose to strengthen children’s and young people’s participation in health care [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

Barriers and Enablers Affecting Successful Implementation of the Electronic Health Service Sisom: Multicenter Study of Child Participation in Pediatric Care

Svedberg¹,

Arvidsson²,

Larsson³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundChildren’s participation in health care is one of the most important components in the management of their disease. Electronic health (eHealth) services that are adapted to the needs of children have the potential for restructuring how children and professionals work together. Therefore, a digital interactive assessment and communication tool, Sisom, was developed to give children aged between 6 and 12 years a voice in their own health care. However, the implementation of eHealth services such as Sisom in daily practice in pediatric health care is rarely investigated.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the process of implementing Sisom for children in pediatric care in Sweden. More specifically, the study aimed to (1) evaluate whether the implementation strategy was conducted as planned, (2) understand the barriers and facilitators of the implementation strategy in pediatric care settings, (3) gain insight into how professionals work with the specific intervention, and (4) gain insight into the usefulness and effects of the intervention from the professionals’ perspectives.MethodsA process evaluation design was used to study the implementation of Sisom at 4 pediatric care centers in Sweden. An extensive amount of qualitative and quantitative data was collected before, during, and after the intervention through self-report checklists, memos, and interviews with professionals. In total, 46 children, aged between 6 and 13 years, participated. The children used Sisom on two occasions during 6 months. When they used Sisom, a printed report formed the basis for a forthcoming dialogue between professionals, children, and their parents.ResultsTo our knowledge, this is the first implementation study of an eHealth communication tool aimed at strengthening children’s participation in pediatric health care. Key factors for successful implementation were alignment of the solution with the values and goals of the organization, health care professionals’ beliefs in the usefulness and usability of the solution, and health care professionals’ willingness to change their professional roles guided by the solution.ConclusionsThe results from the study show that it is possible to restructure health care delivery toward a child-centered approach, if there is a willingness and preparedness in the organization to implement an eHealth solution with the aim of restructuring the way of working with children’s participation.

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“…Of the 710 million people expected to subscribe to mobile services for the first time over the next 7 years, half will come from the Asia Pacific region and just under a quarter will come from Sub-Saharan Africa [69]. There were preliminary reports on the use of telemedicine in hematology [70] and recent reports of the use of smartphone apps in cancer patients [71]. In addition, tumor board teleconferences could provide a valuable tool for continuing medical education in the management of AML and other malignancies [72].…”

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Access to Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Developing World: Barriers and Solutions

Meillón-Garcı́a

Demichelis‐Gómez

2020

Curr Oncol Rep

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Purpose of Review Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a costly disease, and its impact is greater in developing countries (DC). We will review the current concept of what are DC, compare the differences in the epidemiology and economic burden of this disease between developed and DC, and finally, analyze the barriers and possible solutions that DC should implement to achieve better results. Recent Findings DC is a frequently misunderstood name. The way we use to measure human development is changing, and multidimension metrics better define what are DC. With this in mind, we show the differences in the AML epidemiology and the impact of economic burden in DC. We analyze the barriers to access therapy from a clinician point of view, to show that most DC shared similar challenges but with a diverse healthcare structure. Finally, we provide several possible solutions for a more integrated and timely treatment that allows better results not only in terms of survival but with a better quality of life. Summary The economic burden of AML treatment in DC is high, and the results are poor. It is crucial to face this challenge and propose new treatment approaches to achieve better results.

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Smartphone apps to help children and adolescents with cancer and their families: a scoping review

Cited by 53 publications

References 66 publications

Mobile Apps for Helping Patient-Users: Is It Still Far-Fetched?

Mobile Apps for Helping Patient-Users: Is It Still Far-Fetched?

Barriers and Enablers Affecting Successful Implementation of the Electronic Health Service Sisom: Multicenter Study of Child Participation in Pediatric Care

Access to Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Developing World: Barriers and Solutions

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