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ArticleSystematic reviews2024

The impact of mobile health interventions on service users' health outcomes and the role of health professions: a systematic review of systematic reviews-protocol.

Fathiya Alkhuzaimi, Deborah Rainey, Christine Brown Wilson, Jacqueline Bloomfield

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Fathiya AlkhuzaimiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University Belfast, University Rd., Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland. falkhuzaimi01@qub.ac.uk.ORCID 0009-0000-8766-0893
Deborah RaineySchool of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University Belfast, University Rd., Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.
Christine Brown WilsonSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University Belfast, University Rd., Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.
Jacqueline BloomfieldSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Susan Wakil Health Building Western Avenue Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.

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Abstract

backgroundMobile health tools have gained prominence in global health care in recent years. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have demonstrated their impact on managing healthcare service users' health. A pilot search revealed many systematic reviews on the effectiveness of mobile health tools on service users' health outcomes. However, how the role of healthcare professionals in promoting the adoption of mobile health may lead to improved outcomes needs to be clarified. Therefore, this systematic review aims to synthesise existing systematic reviews that examine both the impact of mobile health interventions on service users' outcomes and the role of healthcare professionals in facilitating the adoption of mobile health solutions.

methodsFive electronic databases will be searched: EMBASE, CINHAL Plus, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library for systematic reviews exploring the impact of mobile health interventions on service users' outcomes and the role of healthcare professionals in facilitating the adoption of mobile health solutions. Systematic reviews published in English dated from January 2015 to June 2024 will be included. Screening and selection of the reviews against inclusion and exclusion criteria will be performed by three independent reviewers, as well as data extraction and quality assessment. DISCUSSION: Current systematic reviews in mHealth have primarily focused on assessing the effectiveness of mHealth interventions for managing a range of conditions. While these reviews provide valuable input into the outcomes for mHealth, more is needed to know about the impact of the involvement of health professions on service users' outcomes when adopting mHealth. This systematic review of systematic reviews aims to bridge this critical gap in the literature by critically appraising and synthesising the evidence of mHealth interventions' impact on service user outcomes and the level of involvement of health professionals. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD 42023414435.

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Systematic Reviews as TopicTelemedicineHealth OccupationsHealth PersonnelHumansProfessional RoleDigital healthHealth professionsLong-term conditionsMobile healthPatients’ outcomes

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