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Akash Goel, Bhavya Kapoor, Hillary Chan, Karim Ladha, Joel Katz, Hance Clarke, Janneth Pazmino-Canizares, Zaaria Thomas, Kaylyssa Philip, Gabriella Mattina, Paul Ritvo
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain affects approximately 8 million Canadians (~20%), impacting their physical and mental health while burdening the health care system with costs of upwards of US $60 billion a year. Indeed, patients are often trialed on numerous medications over several years without reductions to their symptoms. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify new therapies for chronic pain to improve patients' quality of life, increase the availability of treatment options, and reduce the burden on the health care system...
April 17, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Rosario Caruso, Marco Di Muzio, Emanuele Di Simone, Sara Dionisi, Arianna Magon, Gianluca Conte, Alessandro Stievano, Emanuele Girani, Sara Boveri, Lorenzo Menicanti, Mary A Dolansky
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened the focus on health care safety and quality, underscoring the importance of using standardized metrics such as the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). In this regard, the ICD-10 cluster Y62-Y69 serves as a proxy assessment of safety and quality in health care systems, allowing researchers to evaluate medical misadventures. Thus far, extensive research and reports support the need for more attention to safety and quality in health care...
April 17, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Nicole Wimmesberger, Diana Rau, Florian Schuchardt, Simone Meier, Matthias L Herrmann, Ulrike Bergmann, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Jochen Brich
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/51683.].
April 16, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Tammy Walkner, Daniel W Karr, Sarah Murray, Amanda Heeren, Maresi Berry-Stoelzle
BACKGROUND: Many of the challenges in advanced care planning (ACP) conversations are linked to the waxing and waning progress of serious illnesses. Conversations with patients about future medical care decisions by a surrogate decision maker have historically been left until late in the patient's disease trajectory. These conversations often happen at a time when the patient is already very ill. The challenge in effective early ACP and serious illness conversations is to create a situation where patients appreciate the link between current and future medical care...
April 12, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Enrique Dorronzoro-Zubiete, Jesús Castro-Marrero, Jorge Ropero, José Luis Sevillano-Ramos, María Dolores Hernández, Ramon Sanmartin Sentañes, Jose Alegre-Martin, Patricia Launois-Obregón, Isabel Martin-Garrido, Asuncion Luque Budia, Juan R Lacalle-Remigio, Luis Béjar Prado, Octavio Rivera Romero
BACKGROUND: Fatigue is the most common symptom in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID, impacting patients' quality of life; however, there is currently a lack of evidence-based context-aware tools for fatigue self-management in these populations. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to (1) address fatigue in ME/CFS and long COVID through the development of digital mobile health solutions for self-management, (2) predict perceived fatigue severity using real-time data, and (3) assess the feasibility and potential benefits of personalized digital mobile health solutions...
April 12, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Bahareh Ahmadzadeh, Christopher Patey, Oliver Hurley, John Knight, Paul Norman, Alison Farrell, Stephen Czarnuch, Shabnam Asghari
BACKGROUND: Long wait times in the emergency department (ED) are a major issue for health care systems all over the world. The application of artificial intelligence (AI) is a novel strategy to reduce ED wait times when compared to the interventions included in previous research endeavors. To date, comprehensive systematic reviews that include studies involving AI applications in the context of EDs have covered a wide range of AI implementation issues. However, the lack of an iterative update strategy limits the use of these reviews...
April 12, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Elizabeth Wherley Regan, Pamela Toto, Jennifer Brach
BACKGROUND: Physical activity and exercise are important aspects of maintaining health. People with mobility impairments, including survivors of stroke, are less likely to exercise and at greater risk of developing or worsening chronic health conditions. Increasing accessible, desired options for exercise may address the gap in available physical activity programs, provide an opportunity for continued services after rehabilitation, and cultivate social connections for people after stroke and others with mobility impairments...
April 11, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Yakubu Ibrahim, Nurul Iftida Basri, Norshariza Nordin, Amilia Afzan Mohd Jamil
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/53722.].
April 11, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Andrée-Anne Ledoux, Roger Zemek, Molly Cairncross, Noah Silverberg, Veronik Sicard, Nicholas Barrowman, Gary Goldfield, Clare Gray, Ashley D Harris, Natalia Jaworska, Nick Reed, Bechara J Saab, Andra Smith, Lisa Walker
BACKGROUND: Concussion in children and adolescents is a significant public health concern, with 30% to 35% of patients at risk for prolonged emotional, cognitive, sleep, or physical symptoms. These symptoms negatively impact a child's quality of life while interfering with their participation in important neurodevelopmental activities such as schoolwork, socializing, and sports. Early psychological intervention following a concussion may improve the ability to regulate emotions and adapt to postinjury symptoms, resulting in the greater acceptance of change; reduced stress; and recovery of somatic, emotional, and cognitive symptoms...
April 11, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Lara Kleinschmidt, Anke Walendzik, Jürgen Wasem, Klemens Höfer, Beatrice Nauendorf, Matthias Brittner, Paul Brandenburg, André Aeustergerling, Udo Schneider, Anja Wadeck, Stephanie Sehlen, Sebastian Liersch, Katharina Schwarze, Carsten Schwenke, Theresa Hüer
BACKGROUND: Particularly in rural regions, factors such as lower physician density and long travel distances complicate adequate outpatient care. However, urban regions can also be affected by deficits in care, for example, long waiting times. One model of care intending to improve the situation is the implementation of video consultations. The study protocol presents the methodology of the research project titled "Preference-based implementation of the video consultation in urban and rural regions" funded by the German Federal Joint Committee (funding number 01VSF20011)...
April 11, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Lara Maria Nau, Gunter Laux, Attila Altiner, Joachim Szecsenyi, Rüdiger Leutgeb
BACKGROUND: The increasing number of requests for help for acutely ill patients and their management is a major problem in the health systems of many countries, but especially in Germany. Rescue coordination centers and ambulances in Germany are increasingly overloaded. As a result, rides as a part of rescue operations have been increasing in length for years, yet a relevant proportion of these operations represent low-acuity calls (LACs). The basic objective of this pilot study is the quantitative analysis of the potential misuse of requests to the rescue control center...
April 10, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Melissa M Morrow, Lynne C Hughes, Diane M Collins, Tamara L Vos-Draper
BACKGROUND: Pressure injuries are one of the most challenging secondary conditions for individuals with spinal cord injuries and related disorders (SCI/D) owing to inherent, lifelong risk factors that include a lack of sensory and motor function below the level of injury and reliance on a wheelchair for daily mobility, resulting in prolonged periods of sitting. Although many factors contribute to the development of pressure injuries, the pressure between the skin and a surface is always a factor and the development of injury is dependent on the magnitude and duration of the pressure...
April 10, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Tigest Tamrat, Yu Zhao, Denise Schalet, Shada AlSalamah, Sameer Pujari, Lale Say
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force across the health sector and has garnered significant attention within sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) due to polarizing views on its opportunities to advance care and the heightened risks and implications it brings to people's well-being and bodily autonomy. As the fields of AI and SRHR evolve, clarity is needed to bridge our understanding of how AI is being used within this historically politicized health area and raise visibility on the critical issues that can facilitate its responsible and meaningful use...
April 9, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Sonia Chabrak, Abdeddayem Haggui, Emna Allouche, Sana Ouali, Afef Ben Halima, Slim Kacem, Salma Krichen, Sonia Marrakchi, Wafa Fehri, Mohamed Sami Mourali, Zeineb Jabbari, Manel Ben Halima, Elyes Neffati, Aymen Heraiech, Mehdi Slim, Salem Kachboura, Habib Gamra, Majed Hassine, Sondes Kraiem, Sofien Kammoun, Leila Bezdah, Gouider Jridi, Hatem Bouraoui, Samir Kammoun, Rania Hammami, Rafik Chettaoui, Youssef Ben Ameur, Fares Azaiez, Rami Tlili, Kais Battikh, Hedi Ben Slima, Rim Chrigui, Samia Fazaa, Islem Sanaa, Yassine Ellouz, Mohamed Mosrati, Sami Milouchi, Soumaya Jarmouni, Wacef Ayadi, Malek Akrout, Rabie Razgallah, Wissal Neffati, Meriem Drissa, Selma Charfeddine, Salem Abdessalem, Leila Abid, Lilia Zakhama
BACKGROUND: In Tunisia, the number of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is increasing, owing to the increase in patient life expectancy and expanding indications. Despite their life-saving potential and a significant reduction in population morbidity and mortality, their increased numbers have been associated with the development of multiple early and late complications related to vascular access, pockets, leads, or patient characteristics. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to identify the rate, type, and predictors of complications occurring within the first year after CIED implantation...
April 8, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Felix Awindaogo, Emmanuel Acheamfour-Akowuah, Alfred Doku, Collins Kokuro, Francis Agyekum, Isaac Kofi Owusu
BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with a high disease burden. The prevalence of HF in Ghana is increasing rapidly, but epidemiological profiles, treatment patterns, and survival data are scarce. The national capacity to diagnose and manage HF appropriately is also limited. To address the growing epidemic of HF, it is crucial to recognize the epidemiological characteristics and medium-term outcomes of HF in Ghana and improve the capability to identify and manage HF promptly and effectively at all levels of care...
April 8, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Alberto Stefana, Eduard Vieta, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Eric A Youngstrom
BACKGROUND: The quality of the therapeutic relationship is pivotal in determining psychotherapy outcomes. However, facilitating patients' self-awareness, reflection on, and sharing of their affective responses toward their therapist remains underexplored as a potential tool for enhancing this relationship and subsequent treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study is to examine whether and how the patients' regular self-monitoring and self-reflection (fostered by the systematic compilation of a brief postsession battery) on their affective reactions toward the psychotherapist impact the quality of the therapeutic relationship and treatment outcomes in individual psychotherapy...
April 8, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Camille E Short, Jonathan C Rawstorn, Tamara L Jones, Lara Edbrooke, Sandra C Hayes, Ralph Maddison, Sophie Nightingale, Hilmy Ismail, Richard De Boer, Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Aaron L Sverdlov, Robyn Bell, Irene Halligan, Linda Denehy
BACKGROUND: Exercise rehabilitation is a promising strategy for reducing cardiovascular disease risk among patients with breast cancer. However, the evidence is primarily derived from programs based at exercise centers with in-person supervised delivery. Conversely, most patients report a preference for home-based rehabilitation. As such, there is a clear need to explore strategies that can provide real-time supervision and coaching while addressing consumer preferences. Evidence from cardiac rehabilitation has demonstrated the noninferiority of a smartphone-based telerehabilitation approach (REMOTE-CR) to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with cardiovascular disease compared to a center-based program...
April 5, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Carolyn Lauckner, Bryce Puesta Takenaka, Fidelis Sesenu, Jaime S Brown, Sally J Kirklewski, Erin Nicholson, Kimberly Haney, Reuben Adatorwovor, Donte T Boyd, Keisa Fallin-Bennett, Arjee Javellana Restar, Trace Kershaw
BACKGROUND: Sexual minority cisgender men and transgender (SMMT) individuals, particularly emerging adults (aged 18-34 years), often report hazardous drinking. Given that alcohol use increases the likelihood of HIV risk behaviors, and HIV disproportionately affects SMMT individuals, there is a need to test interventions that reduce hazardous alcohol use and subsequent HIV risk behaviors among this population. Ecological momentary interventions (EMIs), which use mobile phones to deliver risk reduction messages based on current location and behaviors, can help to address triggers that lead to drinking in real time...
April 5, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Nancy P Barnett, Alexander W Sokolovsky, Matthew K Meisel, Shannon R Forkus, Kristina M Jackson
BACKGROUND: While ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is commonly used to study social contexts and social influence in the real world, EMA almost exclusively relies on participant self-report of present circumstances, including the proximity to influential peers. There is the potential for developing a proximity sensing approach that uses small Bluetooth beacons and smartphone-based detection and data collection to collect information about interactions between individuals passively in real time...
April 5, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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Dipen Patel, Yamiko Joseph Msosa, Tao Wang, Julie Williams, Omar G Mustafa, Siobhan Gee, Barbara Arroyo, Damian Larkin, Trevor Tiedt, Angus Roberts, Richard J B Dobson, Fiona Gaughran
BACKGROUND: Severe mental illnesses (SMIs), including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and major depressive disorder, are associated with an increased risk of physical health comorbidities and premature mortality from conditions including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Digital technologies such as electronic clinical decision support systems (eCDSSs) could play a crucial role in improving the clinician-led management of conditions such as dysglycemia (deranged blood sugar levels) and associated conditions such as diabetes in people with a diagnosis of SMI in mental health settings...
April 5, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols
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