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ArticleWellcome open research2020

Implementation barriers for mHealth for non-communicable diseases management in low and middle income countries: a scoping review and field-based views from implementers.

Josefien van Olmen, Erica Erwin, Ana Cristina García-Ulloa, Bruno Meessen, J Jaime Miranda, Kirsty Bobrow, Juliet Iwelunmore, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Chisom Obiezu Umeh, Carter Smith and 5 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 8 countries.

Josefien van OlmenPrimary and Interdisciplinary Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, 1000, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-1887
Erica ErwinGlobal Health Research Office, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-4225
Ana Cristina García-UlloaInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0653-4938
Bruno MeessenCollectivity, Brussels, Belgium.
J Jaime MirandaCRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4738-5468
Kirsty BobrowUniversity of CapeTown, Capetown, South Africa.
Juliet IwelunmoreDepartment of Behavioral Science and Health Education, St. Louis University Salus Center, Sint Louis, USA.
Ucheoma NwaozuruDepartment of Behavioral Science and Health Education, St. Louis University Salus Center, Sint Louis, USA.
Chisom Obiezu UmehCollege of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA.
Carter SmithFaculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Chris HardingConnectMed, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7460-5262
Pratap KumarStrathmore Business School, Institute of Healthcare Management, Nairobi, Kenya.
Clicerio GonzalesInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sergio Hernández-JiménezInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-8708
Karen YeatesCollege of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán · MXQueen's University · CASalus (United States) · USNew York University · USStrathmore University · KEUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PEUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N005015/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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diabetesimplementation researchLow and middle income countriesmobile health

Identifiers

PMID32399497
PMCPMC7194478
OpenAlexW3000110824

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