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ReviewmHealth2017

Effectiveness of the mHealth technology in improvement of healthy behaviors in an elderly population-a systematic review.

Maryam Changizi, Mohammad H Kaveh

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Review in mHealth, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06784245 (Effectiveness of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Versus Face-To-Face Physical Therapy on Physical Fitness, Functional Status, and Quality of Life in Frail Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 99 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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99citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
28.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06784245 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Versus Face-To-Face Physical Therapy on Physical Fitness, Functional Status, and Quality of Life in Frail Older Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorMarina AlvaradoRan2025 to 2025Enrolled58ConditionsFrailty At Older AdultsArmsTeleActivate
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 230 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maryam ChangiziDepartment of Health Education & Promotion, Abadan school of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran.
Mohammad H KavehDepartment of Health Education & Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Demographic changes in the 21st century, increased population of the elderly and high prevalence of related diseases call for new healthcare strategies that can change the behavior and lifestyle of elderly individuals. Innovative information and communication technology, such as mobile health (mHealth), can play a significant role. The present study was conducted aiming to assess the effectiveness of mHealth in improving health behaviors among an elderly population. This paper presents a systematic review involving a search of PubMed, Web of Science (ISI), Scopus, Science Direct and Embase databases from [2012-2016]. Our search resulted after initial evaluations 12 articles. Inclusion criteria mostly revolved around interventional studies, other studies were excluded because of their methodology, non-elderly target groups and irrelevant to the subject. Findings showed that mHealth can improve care, self-management, self-efficacy, behavior promotion (quality of sleep, diet, physical activity mental health) and medication adherence. The mHealth technology has proven effective for disease prevention, lifestyle changes, management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and is a suitable tool for elderly people. In conclusion, it seems that mHealth can facilitate behavioral changes; although, further research is necessary in this regard.

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chronic diseaseelderlyhealthy behaviorlifestylemHealth

Identifiers

PMID29430455
PMCPMC5803024
OpenAlexW2769501257

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