Patients’ and Health Care Professionals’ Perspectives on Remote Patient Monitoring in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Management: Initiating Cocreation by Atena Mahboubian, Marise J Kasteleyn, Enna Bašić, Niels H Chavannes, Jiska J Aardoom

“…A noninvasive breath analysis device is under development to monitor patients with COPD and detect exacerbations before symptoms arise by measuring breath biomarkers through volatile organic compounds. …”
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Impact of Reverse Empowerment and Proactive Motivations on Physicians’ Online Knowledge Sharing in Digital Platforms: Survey Study by Jingyuan Su, Kathy Ning Shen, Xitong Guo

“…We collected 257 valid responses, ensuring that participation was both anonymous and voluntary. Data analysis was performed in 2 stages. The first stage assessed the measurement model for reliability and validity, using the Harman 1-factor test and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Home-monitoring/remote optical coherence tomography in teleophthalmology in patients with eye disorders—a systematic review by Joanna Dolar-Szczasny, Agnieszka Drab, Robert Rejdak

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Advancing Regulatory Oversight of Medical Device Trials to Align with Clinical Drug Standards in the European Union by Ádám Pannonhalmi, Bence Sipos, Róbert Imre Kurucz, Gábor Katona, Lajos Kemény, Ildikó Csóka

“…Generally, the utilization of e-health opportunities, transparency, and data accessibility have been improved in both fields. …”
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Health аs а Sphere оf Formation оf Human Capital: the Problems of the Activation by O. Grishnova, O. Brintseva

“…Recommendations for reducing the fiktivization processes in the sphere of healthcare are proposed, which include: development and implementation of a system for monitoring the quality of medical services on the basic data of the eHealth system; the further introduction of digital technologies into the national health system and, on this basis, – increasing the availability of analytical information for both medical professionals and researchers, and for the public, the dissemination of medical literacy and healthy lifestyles.…”
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Primary healthcare provider-perceived barriers to implementing an evidence-based pathway for undifferentiated lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms: A qualitative inquiry. by Sowmya Sharma, Michael J Stewart, Holly Mathias, Kerri Novak, Sander Veldhuyzen Van Zanten, Courtney Heisler, Sharon Richard, Emily Neil, Frederick Burge, Aaron Smith, Kevork Peltekian, Sunil Patel, Jennifer L Jones

“…Interviews were transcribed and data were analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis approach.…”
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Implementing Lifestyle Counselling Into Secondary Type 2 Diabetes Care: Perspectives From Diabetes Nurses by Chantal H. M. Pot, Eclaire A. G. Hietbrink, Gozewijn D. Laverman

“…Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with diabetes nurses in a hospital setting. Data were analysed through inductive thematic analysis by two independent coders. …”
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Mixed methods evaluation of a self-management group programme for patients with neuromuscular disease and chronic fatigue by Ton Satink, Baziel GM van Engelen, Yvonne Veenhuizen, Maud JL Graff, Alexander CH Geurts, Jan T Groothuis, Maria WG Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Edith HC Cup

“…Qualitative data were collected by individual and focus group interviews to gain insight in the experiences of patients (n=18), next of kin (n=2) and healthcare professionals (n=13) with facilitators and barriers to programme implementation.Results Patients were satisfied with the number and length of the sessions, the different modules and the therapists. …”
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Perceptions and Needs of Stakeholders Regarding MyPal Project’s Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome App: Cross-Sectional Qualitative Focus Group Study by Dimitrios Kyrou, Panos Bonotis, Christine Kakalou, Maria Vasilopoulou, Lydia Scarfò, Marcel Meyerheim, Annette Sander, Tomáš Arpáš, Eleni Kazantzaki, Christos Maramis, Christina Karamanidou

“…Insights from this study will inform future development and optimization of eHealth interventions in palliative care.…”
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Correlated Resting-State Functional MRI Activity of Frontostriatal, Thalamic, Temporal, and Cerebellar Brain Regions Differentiates Stroke Survivors with High Compared to Low Depre... by Peter Goodin, Gemma Lamp, Rishma Vidyasagar, Alan Connelly, Stephen Rose, Bruce C. V. Campbell, Tamara Tse, Henry Ma, David Howells, Graeme J. Hankey, Stephen Davis, Geoffrey Donnan, Leeanne M. Carey

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Digital Health Literacy in Adults With Low Reading and Writing Skills Living in Germany: Mixed Methods Study by Saskia Muellmann, Rebekka Wiersing, Hajo Zeeb, Tilman Brand

“…Qualitative content analysis was applied to analyze the focus group data and the written documentation of the stakeholder workshop. …”
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Factors influencing the self-management ability among older adults experiencing intrinsic capacity decline: a cross-sectional study by Qingcai Liu, Xiaoyang Li, Mingyue Hu, Yinan Zhao, Shuang Wu, Hui Feng

“…The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and linear regression analysis.ResultsIn this study, 43.5% of older people had impairments in three of the five dimensions of intrinsic capacity, the most significant proportion. …”
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TreC_Metha: A Digital Application to Enhance Patient Agency, Therapy Compliance and Quality of Life in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients by Antonella Ferro, Maria Chiara Pavesi, Lucia Pederiva, Claudio Eccher

“…This analysis informed the identification of key points where digital support could enhance care. …”
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Needs and Preferences of Swedish Young Adults for a Digital App Promoting Mental Health Literacy, Occupational Balance, and Peer Support: Qualitative Interview Study by Martin Karaba Bäckström, Sonya Girdler, Ben Milbourn, Annika Lexén

“…MethodsWe conducted semistructured interviews with 16 young adults and analyzed the data using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Community-based models of care for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Emmanuel Firima, Lucia Gonzalez, Fabiola Ursprung, Elena Robinson, Jacqueline Huber, Jennifer M Belus, Fabian Raeber, Ravi Gupta, Gibrilla F Deen, Alain Amstutz, Bailah Leigh, Maja Weisser, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

“…Whereas available literature indicates high acceptability of community-based care, we found no conclusive data on their effectiveness in controlling blood sugar and preventing complications. …”
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Exploring nurse and patient perspectives on WeChat-based prenatal education in Chinese public hospitals: a qualitative inquiry by Yushi He, Guangmei Fan, Guangrui Fan, Dandan Liu

“…Seventeen obstetric nurses and eight pregnant women participated in semi-structured interviews between March and August 2024. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis to identify commonalities and divergences between nurse-driven and patient-driven experiences. …”
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Stakeholder priorities for ART initiation and early retention strategies in Malawi: a qualitative study comparing international and national perspectives by Santhi Hariprasad, Khumbo Phiri, Marguerite Thorp, Katherine Holland, Rose Nyirenda, Sundeep Gupta, Sam Phiri, Lora L. Sabin, Kathryn Dovel

“…Transcriptions were coded using ATLAS.ti version 9. We examined the data using thematic content analysis and explored differences between international and national stakeholders. …”
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Cloud-based optimized deep learning framework for automated glaucoma detection using stationary wavelet transform and improved grey-wolf-optimization with ELM approach by Debendra Muduli, Syed Irfan Yaqoob, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Anuradha S. Kanade, Mohammad Shameem, Harendra S. Jangwan, P.M. Ashok Kumar, Abu Taha Zamani

“…The augmented fundus images are subsequently processed through four convolutional neural network (CNN) models—ResNet50, InceptionV3, VGG16, and Xception—to extract deep features, which are then combined into a final feature matrix. To optimize the data for the next stage, principal component analysis (PCA) is applied to reduce the feature dimensions. …”
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Improving the prediction of functional recovery in older adults with stroke in geriatric rehabilitation using an inertial measurement unit combined with the Utrecht Scale for Evalu... by Jules J.M. Kraaijkamp, Margot W.M. de Waal, Niels H. Chavannes, Wilco P. Achterberg, Eléonore F. van Dam van Isselt, Michiel Punt

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Peculiarities of cardiovascular diseases epidemiology in the Kyrgyz Republic by Dastan K. Kushubekov, Meikin B. Usubaliev, Nurzhamal N. Kushubekova, Mirlan I. Asanaliev, Temirlan B. Aaliev, Beksultan B. Suerkulov

“…In the present study, medical and statistical data on the number of new cases ("incidence"), prevalence ("prevalence"), and mortality from CVDs in the adult population were obtained from the Republican Medical Information Center (RMIC) and the Center for e-Health under the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic. …”
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