User experiences with a mobile health app for self-management of diabetes and hypertension in Ghana: a qualitative study by Pearl Aovare, Erik Beune, Amos Laar, Nicolas Moens, Eric. P. Moll van Charante, Charles Agyemang

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Explaining Concept of Smart Power and Identifying Its Components in Universities of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study by Elham Shakiba, Mahboobeh Sadat Fadavi, Mohammad Ali Nadi

“…Strauss -Corbin method based on open, axial and selective coding was used for data analysis. To determine the accuracy and validity of the data, after coding the data, the opinions of six interview participants and six university professors who were familiar with the subject and method of the present research were sought. …”
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Cervical cancer prevention behaviors in young Black women by Angela J. Johnson, Monica J. Johnson, Juinell B. Williams, Emma Muscari, Laura Palmo, Michelle Ruiz, Brianna Bush, Lisa C. Campbell

“…Quantitative items were analyzed via descriptive statistics, and qualitative items were thematically evaluated using an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Method: Black undergraduate women completed an online survey that collected quantitative data on demographic information, CC knowledge, perceived eHealth literacy, and CC prevention behaviors. …”
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Medical Image Encryption Techniques: A Review by zainab alhakak

“…Image encryption is critical for safeguarding data confidentiality from fraudulent use and illegal access in eHealth applications. …”
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Reablement in Residential Aged Care (Re-RAC): study protocol for a multi-center pragmatic randomized controlled open-label trial by Anna Philipson, Mialinn Arvidsson Lindvall, Cecilia Pettersson, Lena Strålman, Kajsa Lidström Holmqvist

“…Cost-effectiveness will be estimated by calculating the cost per quality-adjusted life year gained. Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive and comparative statistics; qualitative data will be analyzed using thematic analysis and focus-group methodology. …”
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The Online Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of People Who Have Experienced Stroke: Qualitative Interview Study by Brigid Clancy, Billie Bonevski, Coralie English, Ashleigh Guillaumier

“…Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze the remaining raw data that did not fit within the deductive theoretical framework. …”
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Defining the concepts of a smart nursing home and its potential technology utilities that integrate medical services and are acceptable to stakeholders: a scoping review protocol by Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Yuanyuan Zhao, Boon How Chew, Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani

“…For phase 2, the selection of literature is further limited to residents of nursing homes aged ≥60 years old with or without medical needs but are not terminally ill or bed-bound. Qualitative data analysis will follow the Framework Methods and thematic analysis using combined inductive and deductive approaches, conducted by at least two reviewers.Ethics and dissemination This protocol is registered on osf.io (URL: https://osf.io/qtwz2/). …”
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Longitudinal exploration of cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with newly diagnosed aggressive lymphoma: protocol for a feasibility study by Vincent Dore, Christopher C Rowe, Meinir Krishnasamy, Haryana Dhillon, Adam K Walker, Karla Gough, Priscilla Gates, Carlene Wilson, Eliza Hawkes, Yuliya Perchyonok, Janette L Vardy, Michiel de Ruiter

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Ambulatory Smoking Habits Investigation based on Physiology and Context (ASSIST) using wearable sensors and mobile phones: protocol for an observational study by Donghui Zhai, Giuseppina Schiavone, Ilse Van Diest, Elske Vrieze, Walter DeRaedt, Chris Van Hoof

“…Data analysation will revolve around our primary and secondary objectives. …”
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Exploration of the health needs of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes using a user-centred co-production approach in the area of mHealth: an exploratory sequential mix... by Li Cheng, Qinqin Xie, Xiling Hu, Yarui Wang, Junsheng Peng

“…Participants will be recruited by purposive sampling with maximum variation. Content analysis will be employed. Phase 2 will form item generation and develop the mHealth need scale. …”
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“A banana in the tailpipe”: a qualitative study of patient flow in the healthcare system by Mahnaz Samadbeik, Andrew Staib, Justin Boyle, Sankalp Khanna, Emma Bosley, Elizabeth McCourt, Daniel Bodnar, James Lind, Jodie A. Austin, Clair Sullivan

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Characteristics of online medical care consultation for pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak: cross-sectional study by Jun Zhang, Philip Baker, Xin Luo, Ying Gao, Guoqiang Sun, Yuan Shi, Miaomiao Chen, Xiyao Liu, Jing Zeng, Yangxi Zheng, Hongbo Qi

“…In order to prevent irreversible obstetric adverse events, an appropriate antenatal care contingency plan with e-health services is highly recommended during the Public Health Emergency of International Concern.…”
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Factors Impacting the Adoption and Potential Reimbursement of a Virtual Reality Tool for Pain Management in Switzerland: Qualitative Case Study by Josefine Lurtz, Thomas C Sauter, Christine Jacob

“…The interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the extracted data were systematically analyzed using a thematic analysis and narrative synthesis of emergent themes. …”
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A Survey on Survivable Safety-Critical Systems by Helber Silva, Marco Vieira, Augusto Neto

“…Safety-critical systems (SCS) are essential in domains such as automotive, railway, e-health, nuclear power, and air transportation, where failure can result in catastrophic consequences. …”
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Exploring the need for a clinical decision support system for deprescribing - A qualitative interview study by Aryoutha Asmar Talani, Tora Hammar, Ylva Böttiger

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Medical Students’ Acceptance of Tailored e–Mental Health Apps to Foster Their Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Study by Catharina Grüneberg, Alexander Bäuerle, Sophia Karunakaran, Dogus Darici, Nora Dörrie, Martin Teufel, Sven Benson, Anita Robitzsch

“…Sociodemographic, mental health, and eHealth-related data were assessed. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) was applied. …”
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How, when and why is emotional support delivered using videoconferencing by adult palliative care services successful? A realist synthesis by Michèle J. M. Wood, Amara Callistus Nwosu, David Dinham, Nicole Seneque, Catherine Walshe

“…Background: Videoconferencing (also known as telehealth) is part of digitally enabled healthcare provision (‘eHealth’) and its use in palliative care practice is increasing. …”
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A Multipronged, Community-Partnered Intervention (The TALK) to Improve Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Health and Racial Discrimination Among Black Male Adolescents an... by Schenita D Randolph, Ragan Johnson, Maralis Emerson, Jolie S Jemmott, Elizabeth Jeter, Allison Johnson

“…Data analysis is scheduled for completion by July 2025. …”
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Construction and verification of a risk prediction model for patients with kinesophobia after cerebral hemorrhage surgery by Yan Huang, Ya-ting Huang, Jie Yuan, Zhi-yu WuYang, Xue Zhang, Chuan-qing Yu

“…Methods A total of 218 patients after cerebral hemorrhage surgery were selected, and the differences in clinical data between kinesophobia patients and non-kinesophobia patients were analyzed. …”
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STEP.De study—a multicentre cluster-randomised effectiveness trial of exercise therapy for patients with depressive symptoms in healthcare services: study protocol by Andreas Heissel, Anou Pietrek, Melanie Schwefel, Kahar Abula, Gregor Wilbertz, Stephan Heinzel, Michael Rapp

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