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Clinical Trials Using Mobile Health Applications
Lo Presti, Melissa; Abraham, Mickey; Appelboom, Geoff et al.
2015In Pharmaceutical Medicine, 29 (1), p. 17-25
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Abstract :
[en] Background Mobile health (mHealth) is a growing sector of technology used in clinical practice. With the ubiquity of this technology in today’s society, the promise it holds for use in medicine is vast. Purpose To conduct a study examining the current research and clinical trials involving mHealth applications used by human participants worldwide. Design Wesearched the ClinicalTrials.gov database for all original trials examining the role of mHealth applications and their use internationally and in varying clinical settings. Results Fifty trials were included. Eighty-eight percent of included trials were initiated from 2012 to 2014, with only 20 % of all included trials currently completed. The overwhelming majority of trials originated from the USA and other Western or European countries. There was a broad distribution of the trials with regard to study focus and purpose, involving applications in behaviour change, treatment adherence, diagnosis, disease management and patient-reported outcomes. Most included trials were performed in the setting of chronic diseases. Conclusion Use of mHealth applications is a growing field with broad implications and indications in clinical practice. This trend of increasing trials, studies and pervasiveness of technology in health care is a more recent development. Evidence in support of this technology is unclear from the trials included in this study; however, mHealth applications, devices and technology most assuredly have a role in chronic disease management and work to improve patient engagement.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Lo Presti, Melissa 
Abraham, Mickey 
Appelboom, Geoff
Bruyère, Olivier  ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Slomian, Justine ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie clinique
Reginster, Jean-Yves  ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Connolly Jr, E.Sander
 These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Clinical Trials Using Mobile Health Applications
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Pharmaceutical Medicine
ISSN :
1178-2595
eISSN :
1179-1993
Publisher :
Springer International Publishing
Volume :
29
Issue :
1
Pages :
17-25
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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