The Role of the mHealth in the Fight against the Covid-19: Successes and Failures

Giansanti, Daniele

doi:10.3390/healthcare9010058

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“…Here, mTech has carried out and is carrying out the traditional role of mHealth in the field of digital health [1][2][3][4] by connecting citizens to the health system and providing them with highly innovative technological solutions.…”

Section: Connection To Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many cases, the simple mTech itself has represented a real lifebuoy [5,6] both for the continuation of normal activities (working and teaching) [4] and for providing a safety net.…”

Section: New Services For Epidemiological Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It depends on multifaceted aspects ranging from the lack of access to instrumental and network resources, to cultural and social barriers [10,11] and also to possible forms of communication disability. In details the DD is mainly caused by the following problems [4].…”

Section: New Services For Epidemiological Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These in many cases have proved to be an important resource for accessing services while maintaining social distancing. In general, there has been a growth in the use of digital technological solutions in many sectors, from that of consumption, where the use of e-banking, digital transactions and online orders has become increasingly widespread, to Digital Health (DH) [1][2][3] and in particular to mobile health (mHealth) where an important role has been played by mobile technology (mTech) [4]. Citizens, in particular, found themselves receiving various offers of technological resources based on mTech, which in addition to the world closely linked to consumption, were concentrated in three sectors:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19: An Investigation into an Important Obstacle to the Access to the mHealth by the Citizen

Giansanti

Veltro

2021

Healthcare

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In general, during the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a growth in the use of digital technological solutions in many sectors, from that of consumption, to Digital Health and in particular to mobile health (mHealth) where an important role has been played by mobile technology (mTech). However, this has not always happened in a uniform way. In fact, in many cases, citizens found themselves unable to take advantage of these opportunities due to the phenomenon of the Digital Divide (DD). It depends on multifaceted aspects ranging from the lack of access to instrumental and network resources, to cultural and social barriers and also to possible forms of communication disability. In the study we set ourselves the articulated goal of developing a probing methodology that addresses the problems connected to DD in a broad sense, capable of minimizing the bias of a purely electronic submission and evaluating its effectiveness and outcome. At the moment, we have submitted the survey both electronically (with an embedded solution to spread it inside the families/acquaintances) and using the wire phone. The results highlighted three polarities (a) the coherence of the two methods; (b) the outcome of the entire submission in relation to key issues (e.g., familiarity on contact tracing Apps, medical Apps, social Apps, messaging Apps, Digital-health, non-medical Apps); (c) a Digital Divide strongly dependent on age and in particular for the elderly is mainly evident in the use of mTech in general and in particular in mHealth applications. Future developments of the study foresee, after adequate data-mining, an in-depth study of all the aspects proposed in the survey, from those relating to access to resources, training, disability and other cultural factors.

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Section: Connection To Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many cases, the simple mTech itself has represented a real lifebuoy [5,6] both for the continuation of normal activities (working and teaching) [4] and for providing a safety net.…”

Section: New Services For Epidemiological Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: New Services For Epidemiological Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19: An Investigation into an Important Obstacle to the Access to the mHealth by the Citizen

Giansanti

Veltro

2021

Healthcare

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“…To address this need, many countries have been providing m-Health and telehealth services (e.g., observing quarantine patients, providing healthcare information, distribution of medical masks, etc.) [ 1 , 7 , 8 ]. Moreover, health professionals have been promoting social distancing, which includes avoiding crowded hospitals and waiting rooms.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants Impacting User Behavior towards Emergency Use Intentions of m-Health Services in Taiwan

Lee

Mendoza

et al. 2021

Healthcare

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Emergency usage intention and behavior are crucial to business service success for m-Health providers and patient healthcare service. This study aimed to identify the factors that influence m-Health acceptance and the effect of emergency use intentions on usage behavior among Taiwanese m-Health users by adopting and extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). This study also examines the moderating role of gender and age in the effects of the independent variables on satisfaction with m-Health services. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from 371 participants. The results revealed that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and trust had positive effects on user satisfaction. Additionally, m-Health knowledge and user satisfaction had positive effects on emergency use intentions. However, social influence and effort expectancy did not have a significant effect on satisfaction. Moreover, age and gender significantly moderated the effects of some predictors.

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Machine-Learning-Based Diagnosis of Mental Health Issues

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Agarwal,

Ahmed

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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The Role of the mHealth in the Fight against the Covid-19: Successes and Failures

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Cited by 40 publications

References 10 publications

The Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19: An Investigation into an Important Obstacle to the Access to the mHealth by the Citizen

The Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19: An Investigation into an Important Obstacle to the Access to the mHealth by the Citizen

Determinants Impacting User Behavior towards Emergency Use Intentions of m-Health Services in Taiwan

Machine-Learning-Based Diagnosis of Mental Health Issues

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