A comprehensive literature search of digital health technology use in neurological conditions: review of digital tools to promote self-management and support
A comprehensive literature search of digital health technology use in neurological conditions: review of digital tools to promote self-management and support
Background: the use of digital health technology to promote and deliver postdiagnostic care in neurological conditions is becoming increasingly common. However, the range of digital tools available across different neurological conditions and how they facilitate self-management are unclear.
Objective: this review aims to identify digital tools that promote self-management in neurological conditions and to investigate their underlying functionality and salient clinical outcomes.
Methods: we conducted a search of 6 databases (ie, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Review) using free text and equivalent database-controlled vocabulary terms.
Results: we identified 27 published articles reporting 17 self-management digital tools. Multiple sclerosis (MS) had the highest number of digital tools followed by epilepsy, stroke, and headache and migraine with a similar number, and then pain. The majority were aimed at patients with a minority for carers. There were 5 broad categories of functionality promoting self-management: (1) knowledge and understanding; (2) behavior modification; (3) self-management support; (4) facilitating communication; and (5) recording condition characteristics. Salient clinical outcomes included improvements in self-management, self-efficacy, coping, depression, and fatigue.
Conclusions: there now exist numerous digital tools to support user self-management, yet relatively few are described in the literature. More research is needed to investigate their use, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as how this interacts with increasing disability, and their integration within formal neurological care environments.
Biomedical Technology, Communication, Digital Technology, Humans, Self Efficacy, Self-Management
e31929
Spreadbury, John Henry
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Young, Alex
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Kipps, Christopher Myles
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28 July 2022
Spreadbury, John Henry
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Young, Alex
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Kipps, Christopher Myles
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Spreadbury, John Henry, Young, Alex and Kipps, Christopher Myles
(2022)
A comprehensive literature search of digital health technology use in neurological conditions: review of digital tools to promote self-management and support.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24 (7), .
(doi:10.2196/31929).
Abstract
Background: the use of digital health technology to promote and deliver postdiagnostic care in neurological conditions is becoming increasingly common. However, the range of digital tools available across different neurological conditions and how they facilitate self-management are unclear.
Objective: this review aims to identify digital tools that promote self-management in neurological conditions and to investigate their underlying functionality and salient clinical outcomes.
Methods: we conducted a search of 6 databases (ie, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Review) using free text and equivalent database-controlled vocabulary terms.
Results: we identified 27 published articles reporting 17 self-management digital tools. Multiple sclerosis (MS) had the highest number of digital tools followed by epilepsy, stroke, and headache and migraine with a similar number, and then pain. The majority were aimed at patients with a minority for carers. There were 5 broad categories of functionality promoting self-management: (1) knowledge and understanding; (2) behavior modification; (3) self-management support; (4) facilitating communication; and (5) recording condition characteristics. Salient clinical outcomes included improvements in self-management, self-efficacy, coping, depression, and fatigue.
Conclusions: there now exist numerous digital tools to support user self-management, yet relatively few are described in the literature. More research is needed to investigate their use, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as how this interacts with increasing disability, and their integration within formal neurological care environments.
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Published date: 28 July 2022
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Biomedical Technology, Communication, Digital Technology, Humans, Self Efficacy, Self-Management
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