ReviewDiabetes & metabolic syndrome
COVID-19 and applications of smartphone technology in the current pandemic.
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Literature Review of Text Messaging Interventions to Promote Medication Adherence Among People With Serious Mental Illness.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 Mobile Apps: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- A Mobile Phone App to Support Adherence to Daily HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Engagement Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women Aged 15 to 19 Years in Thailand: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Problematic Smartphone Use and Quality of Life Among Greek Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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- Optimizing people's movement across the health system: a scoping review of referral systems within a primary health care approach.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Effects of Smartphone-Based Hospital-Family Transitional Care on Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Depression.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of virtual counseling on the care burden and quality of life of family caregivers for leukemia patients: a randomized controlled trial study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Assessing the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Digital Technologies Used by Health Professionals in Supporting Obesity and Mental Health Communication: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Current status, challenges, and prospects of artificial intelligence applications in wound repair theranostics.Theranostics · 2025Review
- Self-Efficacy, Self-Management and Use of Smartphone Apps for Low-Back Pain.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- A comprehensive survey on exploring and analyzing COVID-19 mobile apps: Meta and exploratory analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Advancing orthopaedic trauma care through WhatsApp: An analysis of clinical and non-clinical applications, challenges, and future directions.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Review
- Collaborative virtual reality environment in disaster medicine: moving from single player to multiple learners.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Mobile Application-Based Support for Periodontal Treatment Improves Clinical, Cognitive, and Psychomotor Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
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- Smartphone addiction prevalence, patterns of use, and experienced musculoskeletal discomfort during the COVID-19 pandemic in a general Iranian population.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Engagement and Resource Considerations in Developing and Implementing Mobile Health Technologies for COVID-19 Pandemic: Filipino Developers' Perspectives.Acta medica Philippina · 2024Article
- Toward the design of persuasive systems for a healthy workplace: a real-time posture detection.Frontiers in big data · 2024Article
- Mobile phone addiction and insomnia among college students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundWith restrictions on face to face clinical consultations in the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges faced by health care systems in delivering patient care, alternative information technologies like telemedicine and smartphone are playing a key role.
aimsWe assess the role and applications of smartphone technology as an extension of telemedicine in provide continuity of care to our patients and surveillance during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsWe have done a comprehensive review of the literature using suitable keywords on the search engines of PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Research Gate in the first week of May 2020.
resultsThrough the published literature on this topic, we discuss role, common applications and its support in extended role of telemedicine technology in several aspects of current COVID-19 pandemic.
conclusionSmartphone technology on its own and as extension of telemedicine has significant applications in the current COVID-19 pandemic. As the smartphone technology further evolves with fifth generation cellular network expansion, it is going to play a key role in future of health medicine, patient referral, consultation, ergonomics and many other extended applications of health care.
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