ReviewGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Smartphone Applications Designed to Improve Older People's Chronic Pain Management: An Integrated Systematic Review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanisms of Engagement With Mobile Health Apps for Adults With Long-Term Conditions: Overview of Systematic Reviews.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Review
- Interprofessional, Integrative Approaches to Chronic Pain Management in Home-Based Medical Care.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- Patients' Experiences of Digital Health Interventions for the Self-Management of Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- Characteristics and Range of Reviews About Technologies for Aging in Place: Scoping Review of Reviews.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Mobile apps to self-manage chronic low back pain: A realist synthesis exploring what works, for whom and in what circumstances.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Clinical Use and Utility of a Digital Support App for Employees With Chronic Pain Returning to Work (SWEPPE): Observational Study.JMIR human factors · 2023Observational
- "It's Another Feather in My Hat"-Exploring Factors Influencing the Adoption of Apps With People Living With Dementia.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Do age, gender, and education modify the effectiveness of app-delivered and tailored self-management support among adults with low back pain?-Secondary analysis of the selfBACK randomised controlled trial.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- A multinational investigation of healthcare needs, preferences, and expectations in supportive cancer care: co-creating the LifeChamps digital platform.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Identifying developments over a decade in the digital health and telemedicine landscape in the UK using quantitative text mining.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- A mobile health + health coaching application for the management of chronic non-cancer pain in older adults: Results from a pilot randomized controlled study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Chronic pain through COVID.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Delineating the Concept of eHealth Self-Management for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Concept Analysis in the Context of the Social Cognitive Theory.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- A review of the factors influencing adoption of digital health applications for people living with dementia.Digital healthReview
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
(1) Background: Older people's chronic pain is often not well managed because of fears of side-effects and under-reporting. Telehealth interventions, in the form of smartphone applications, are attracting much interest in the management of chronic diseases, with new and evolving approaches in response to current population demographics. However, the extent to which telehealth interventions may be used to promote and effect the self-management of chronic pain is not established. (2) Aim: To provide an objective review of the existing quantitative and qualitative evidence pertaining to the benefits of smartphone applications for the management of chronic pain in older people. (3) Methods: A literature search was undertaken using PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Embase, PsychINFO, the Cochrane database, Science Direct and references of retrieved articles. The data were independently extracted by two reviewers from the original reports. (4) Results: This integrative systematic review identified 10 articles considering smartphone applications related to self-management of chronic pain among older adults. (5) Conclusions: It is important for future research to not only examine the effects of smartphone initiatives, but also to compare their safety, acceptability, efficacy and cost-benefit ratio in relation to existing treatment modalities.
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