Samira Harperink

University of St.Gallen · Institute of Technology Management

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) apps show vast potential in supporting patients and health care systems with the increasing prevalence and economic costs of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. However, despite the availability of evidence-based mHealth apps, a substantial proportion of users do not adhere to them as intended and may cons...

This publication appendix lists identified intervention-related and patient-related factors with a positive or negative influence on adherence to mHealth apps for each health domain in detail. Related Publication: https://www.jmir.org/2022/5/e35371

BACKGROUND Mobile health applications show vast potential in supporting patients and health care systems with the globally increasing prevalence and economic costs of non-communicable diseases. However, despite the availability of evidence-based mHealth apps, a substantial proportion of users does not adhere to them as intended and may consequently...

Background: Successful management of chronic diseases requires a trustful collaboration between health care professionals, patients, and family members. Scalable conversational agents, designed to assist health care professionals, may play a significant role in supporting this collaboration in a scalable way by reaching out to the everyday lives of...

Hintergrund: Erfolgreiches Management chronischer Krankheiten erfordert eine vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit zwischen Fachpersonen, Betroffenen und deren Familienmitglieder. Chatbots können Fachpersonen unterstützen, indem sie Gesundheitskompetenz und-verhalten im Alltag von Betroffenen fördern. Allerdings ist unklar, ob Chatbots in dieser Rolle akz...

BACKGROUND Successful management of chronic diseases requires a trustful collaboration between healthcare professionals, patients, and family members. Scalable conversational agents (CAs), designed to assist healthcare professionals, may play a significant role in supporting this collaboration in a scalable way by reaching out into the everyday liv...

Digital health interventions (DHIs) have the potential to help the growing number of chronic disease patients better manage their everyday lives. However, guidelines for the systematic development of DHIs are still scarce. The current work has, therefore, the objective to propose a framework for the design and evaluation of DHIs (DEDHI). The DEDHI...

Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Successful asthma management requires knowledge about the condition, treatment adherence, and behavioral skills. In addition, when treating children with asthma, a trustful and empathetic collaboration between healthcare providers, patients and their family is necessary for...