The global experience of digital health interventions in COVID-19 management

Sarbadhikari, Suptendra Nath

doi:10.4103/ijph.ijph_457_20

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“…Moreover, leveraging digital technologies to assess behavioral dimensions and psychosocial correlates can be useful for generating user-level insights that may guide the development of future interventions Sarbadhikari & Sarbadhikari, 2020). Particularly, assessing dose-response relationships between screen time and health outcomes in different COVID-affected population groups may facilitate informed development of practice guidelines.…”

Section: Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital screen time during COVID-19 pandemic: A public health concern

Sultana¹,

Tasnim²,

Bhattacharya³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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The use of digital screens, including television, computers, mobile phones, and smart devices, can be associated with a wide range of health outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, different population groups may have been adapted to varying levels of screen time, which may have profound implications on their health and wellbeing. The available evidence suggests that screen time is associated with obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, myopia, depression, sleep disorders, and many other noncommunicable diseases. This elevated burden of diseases is prevalent among individuals who have sedentary lifestyles and other unhealthy behaviors that are likely to increase during quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19. As several empirical studies have reported a rising trend of screen time during this pandemic, it is critical to assess the adverse health outcomes that may appear as its long-term consequences globally. Researchers and practitioners need to revisit the available guidelines and incorporate evidence-based interventions for preventing unhealthy screen time among the affected individuals. Such interventions may address not only unhealthy screen use behavior but also promote active lifestyles that may improve health across populations during and after this pandemic.

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Section: Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Both digitally and traditionally delivered interventions should aim not only to make people aware of the adverse consequences of screen time, but also enable them to engage in active lifestyles, improved dietary practices, and healthier behaviors that promote individual health and wellbeing (Duan & Zhu, 2020;Sarbadhikari & Sarbadhikari, 2020).…”

Section: Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital screen time during COVID-19 pandemic: A public health concern

Sultana¹,

Tasnim²,

Bhattacharya³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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“…Besides, a majority of COVID-19 diagnosis methods that are currently used are sluggish in nature, prolonging the pandemic period. Therefore, the application of ICT in medical diagnosis is another opportunity for ICT health interventions can be employed in the same situation as the COVID-19 pandemic in the future [74] . For instance, Saiz and Barandiaran [75] applied a deep learning method to detect the COVID-19 through chest X-RAY Images.…”

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confidence: 99%

A novel extended approach under hesitant fuzzy sets to design a framework for assessing the key challenges of digital health interventions adoption during the COVID-19 outbreak

Mardani

Saraji

Mishra³

et al. 2020

Applied Soft Computing

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In recent years, Digital Technologies (DTs) are becoming an inseparable part of human lives. Thus, many scholars have conducted research to develop new tools and applications. Processing information, usually in the form of binary code, is the main task in DTs, which is happening through many devices, including computers, smartphones, robots, and applications. Surprisingly, the role of DTs has been highlighted in people’s life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are several different challenges to implement and intervene in DTs during the COVID-19 outbreak; therefore, the present study extended a new fuzzy approach under Hesitant Fuzzy Set (HFS) approach using Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) and Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) method to evaluate and rank the critical challenges of DTs intervention to control the COVID-19 outbreak. In this regard, a comprehensive survey using literature and in-depth interviews have been carried out to identify the challenges under the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) framework. Moreover, the SWARA procedure is applied to analyze and assess the challenges to DTs intervention during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the WASPAS approach is utilized to rank the DTs under hesitant fuzzy sets. Further, to demonstrate the efficacy and practicability of the developed framework, an illustrative case study has been analyzed. The results of this study found that Health Information Systems (HIS) was ranked as the first factor among other factors followed by a lack of digital knowledge, digital stratification, economic interventions, lack of reliable data, and cost inefficiency In conclusion, to confirm the steadiness and strength of the proposed framework, the obtained outputs are compared with other methods.

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“…There have been various other applications of technology or digital health interventions for fighting against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [ 16 ]. In the present day of ubiquitous social media amplification of information, communication in a useful and harmless way is becoming very difficult [ 17 ].…”

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The Need for Developing Technology-Enabled, Safe, and Ethical Workforce for Healthcare Delivery

Sarbadhikari

Pradhan

2020

Safety and Health at Work

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Strengthening of the health system is a safety imperative, especially in a crisis as caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there is a need for enhancing the number and skill sets of the public health professionals, especially the frontline workers, it will be prudent to use the digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence, in enhancing the capacity of the healthcare professional education and delivery. However, it has to be ensured that an ethical and safe approach is adopted to develop and use digital health technology and, ethically appropriate training is imparted, to enhance the capacity of the human resources for health, leading to an overall health system strengthening.

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The global experience of digital health interventions in COVID-19 management

Cited by 47 publications

References 7 publications

Digital screen time during COVID-19 pandemic: A public health concern

Digital screen time during COVID-19 pandemic: A public health concern

A novel extended approach under hesitant fuzzy sets to design a framework for assessing the key challenges of digital health interventions adoption during the COVID-19 outbreak

The Need for Developing Technology-Enabled, Safe, and Ethical Workforce for Healthcare Delivery

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