SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Utilising Digital Health Technology to Support Patient-Healthcare Provider Communication in Fragility Fracture Recovery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Characteristics and Effects of Home-Based Digital Health Interventions on Functional Outcomes in Older Patients With Hip Fractures After Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
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- Patient-clinician digital health interventions for the hip fracture population: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The diversity of providers' and consumers' views of virtual versus inpatient care provision: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The Use of Digital Health Services Among Patients and Citizens Living at Home: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Protocol for a scoping review of patient-clinician digital health interventions for the population with hip fracture.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Medical Students and Their Perceptions of Digital Medicine: a Question of Gender?Medical science educator · 2022Article
- Remote Management of Osteoporosis.Current treatment options in rheumatology · 2022Review
- Digital health interventions for osteoporosis and post-fragility fracture care.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2022Review
- "Context, content, and system" supporting digital health hub (DHH)-enabled models of care (MoCs) for fragility hip fractures: perspectives of diverse multidisciplinary stakeholders in South Australia from qualitative in-depth interviews.Archives of osteoporosis · 2021Article
- Identifying Opportunities, and Motivation to Enhance Capabilities, Influencing the Development of a Personalized Digital Health Hub Model of Care for Hip Fractures: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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Abstract
The objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of digital health supported targeted patient communication versus usual provision of health information, on the recovery of fragility fractures. The review considered studies including older people, aged 50 and above, with a fragility fracture. The primary outcome was prevention of secondary fractures by diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, and its adherence. This review considered both experimental and quasi-experimental study designs. A comprehensive search strategy was built to identify key terms including Medical subject headings (MeSH) and applied to the multiple electronic databases. An intention to treat analysis was applied to those studies included in the meta-analysis and odds ratio was calculated with random effects. Altogether, 15 studies were considered in the final stage for this systematic review. Out of these, 10 studies were Randomised controlled trials (RCT) and five were quasi experimental studies, published between the years 2003 and 2016 with a total of 5037 participants. Five Randomised control trails were included in the meta-analysis suggesting that digital health supported interventions were overall, twice as effective when compared with the usual standard care (OR 2.13, 95% CI 1.30-3.48), despite the population sample not being homogeneous. Findings from the remaining studies were narratively interpreted.
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