abstract：BACKGROUND:The mEducator Best Practice Network (BPN) implemented and extended standards and reference models in e-learning to develop innovative frameworks as well as solutions that enable specialized state-of-the-art medical educational content to be discovered, retrieved, shared, and re-purposed across European Insti...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Antoniades A,Nicolaidou I,Spachos D,Mylläri J,Giordano D,Dafli E,Mitsopoulou E,Schizas CN,Pattichis C,Nikolaidou M,Bamidis P

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With continued increases in smartphone ownership, researchers and clinicians are investigating the use of this technology to enhance the management of chronic illnesses such as bipolar disorder (BD). Smartphones can be used to deliver interventions and psychoeducation, supplement treatment, and enhance thera...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Nicholas J,Larsen ME,Proudfoot J,Christensen H

更新日期：2015-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men continue to smoke in greater numbers than women; however, few interventions have been developed and tested to support men's cessation. Men tend to rely on quitting strategies associated with stereotypical manliness, such as willpower, stoicism, and independence, but they may lack the self-efficacy skills...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Bottorff JL,Sarbit G,Oliffe JL,Kelly MT,Lohan M,Stolp S,Sharp P

更新日期：2015-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from controlled trials indicate that Web-based interventions generally suffer from low engagement and high attrition. This is important because the level of exposure to intervention content is linked to intervention effectiveness. However, data from real-life Web-based behavior change interventions are ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Guertler D,Vandelanotte C,Kirwan M,Duncan MJ

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social networks are common in digital health. A new stream of research is beginning to investigate the mechanisms of digital health social networks (DHSNs), how they are structured, how they function, and how their growth can be nurtured and managed. DHSNs increase in value when additional content is added, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： van Mierlo T,Hyatt D,Ching AT

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Internet is an increasingly important resource for individuals who seek information from both health professionals and peers. While the demographic and health characteristics of persons who use health information technology has been well described, less is known about the relationship between these healt...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Gidwani R,Zulman D

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with eating disorders do not receive help for their symptoms, even though these disorders have severe morbidity. The Internet may offer alternative low-threshold treatment interventions. OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the effects of a Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention u...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： ter Huurne ED,de Haan HA,Postel MG,van der Palen J,VanDerNagel JE,DeJong CA

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-reported medical history information is included in many studies. However, data on the validity of Web-based questionnaires assessing medical history are scarce. If proven to be valid, Web-based questionnaires may provide researchers with an efficient means to collect data on this parameter in large pop...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： van Gelder MM,Schouten NP,Merkus PJ,Verhaak CM,Roeleveld N,Roukema J

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Groups and individuals that seek to negatively influence public opinion about the safety and value of vaccination are active in online and social media and may influence decision making within some communities. OBJECTIVE:We sought to measure whether exposure to negative opinions about human papillomavirus (...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Dunn AG,Leask J,Zhou X,Mandl KD,Coiera E

更新日期：2015-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep issues such as insomnia affect over 50 million Americans and can lead to serious health problems, including depression and obesity, and can increase risk of injury. Social media platforms such as Twitter offer exciting potential for their use in studying and identifying both diseases and social phenome...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： McIver DJ,Hawkins JB,Chunara R,Chatterjee AK,Bhandari A,Fitzgerald TP,Jain SH,Brownstein JS

更新日期：2015-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relatively little is known about the extent to which young adults use the Internet as a health information resource and whether there are factors that distinguish between those who do and do not go online for health information. OBJECTIVE:The aim was to identify the sociodemographic, physical, mental, and r...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Rowlands IJ,Loxton D,Dobson A,Mishra GD

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Internet is widely used by young people and could serve to improve insufficient access to mental health care. Previous information on this topic comes from selected samples (students or self-selected individuals) and is incomplete. OBJECTIVE:In a community sample of young adults, we aimed to describe fr...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Younes N,Chollet A,Menard E,Melchior M

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of the Affordable Care Act, there is extensive emphasis on making provider quality transparent and publicly available. Online public reports of quality exist, but little is known about how visitors find reports or about their purpose in visiting. OBJECTIVE:To address this gap, we gathered web...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Bardach NS,Hibbard JH,Greaves F,Dudley RA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overweight and obesity is a significant public health problem that impacts a large number of children globally. Supporting childcare centers to deliver healthy eating and physical activity-promoting policies and practices is a recommended strategy for obesity prevention, given that such services provide acce...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Yoong SL,Williams CM,Finch M,Wyse R,Jones J,Freund M,Wiggers JH,Nathan N,Dodds P,Wolfenden L

更新日期：2015-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have demonstrated the utility of social media data sources for a wide range of public health goals, including disease surveillance, mental health trends, and health perceptions and sentiment. Most such research has focused on English-language social media for the task of disease surveillance. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Wang S,Paul MJ,Dredze M

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: .]. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Zheluk A,Quinn C,Meylakhs P

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and chronic low back pain is rising. Patient empowerment is a key strategy in the management of chronic diseases. Patient empowerment can be fostered by Web-based interactive health communication applications (IHCAs) that combine health information w...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Weymann N,Dirmaier J,von Wolff A,Kriston L,Härter M

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While research in the area of e-mental health has received considerable attention over the last decade, there are still many areas that have not been addressed. One such area is the comorbidity of psychological disorders in a Web-based sample using online assessment and diagnostic tools, and the relationship...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Al-Asadi AM,Klein B,Meyer D

更新日期：2015-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act imposes pressure on health care organizations to qualify for "Meaningful Use". It is assumed that portals should increase patient participation in medical decisions, but whether or not the use of portals improves outcomes remains...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Kruse CS,Bolton K,Freriks G

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information and communication technologies (ICT) are key to optimizing the outcomes of the Chronic Care Model (CCM), currently acknowledged as the best synthesis of available evidence for chronic illness prevention and management. At the same time, CCM can offer a needed framework for increasing the relevanc...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Gammon D,Berntsen GK,Koricho AT,Sygna K,Ruland C

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-management plays an important role in maintaining good control of diabetes mellitus, and mobile phone interventions have been shown to improve such self-management. The Health Promotion Board of Singapore has created a caloric-monitoring mobile health app, the "interactive Diet and Activity Tracker" (iD...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Goh G,Tan NC,Malhotra R,Padmanabhan U,Barbier S,Allen JC Jr,Østbye T

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The escalating cost of global health care is driving the development of new technologies to identify early indicators of an individual's risk of disease. Traditionally, epidemiologists have identified such risk factors using medical databases and lengthy clinical studies but these are often limited in size a...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Yom-Tov E,Borsa D,Hayward AC,McKendry RA,Cox IJ

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In March 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the first-ever paid national tobacco education campaign. At a cost of US $54 million, "Tips from Former Smokers" (Tips) ran for 3 months across multiple media, depicting the suffering experienced by smokers and their families in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Kornfield R,Smith KC,Szczypka G,Vera L,Emery S

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary intake assessment with diet records (DR) is a standard research and practice tool in nutrition. Manual entry and analysis of DR is time-consuming and expensive. New electronic tools for diet entry by clients and research participants may reduce the cost and effort of nutrient intake estimation. OBJE...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Raatz SK,Scheett AJ,Johnson LK,Jahns L

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the effectiveness of mobile apps in aiding smoking cessation or their validity for automated collection of data on smoking cessation outcomes. OBJECTIVE:We conducted a preliminary evaluation of SF28 (SF28 is the name of the app, short for SmokeFree28)-an app aimed at helping smokers to...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Ubhi HK,Michie S,Kotz D,Wong WC,West R

更新日期：2015-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing influenza surveillance in the United States is focused on the collection of data from sentinel physicians and hospitals; however, the compilation and distribution of reports are usually delayed by up to 2 weeks. With the popularity of social media growing, the Internet is a source for syndromic surv...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Aslam AA,Tsou MH,Spitzberg BH,An L,Gawron JM,Gupta DK,Peddecord KM,Nagel AC,Allen C,Yang JA,Lindsay S

更新日期：2014-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obtaining access to a demographically and geographically diverse sample for health-related research can be costly and time consuming. Previous studies have reported mixed results regarding the potential of using social media-based advertisements to overcome these challenges. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to develop...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Valdez RS,Guterbock TM,Thompson MJ,Reilly JD,Menefee HK,Bennici MS,Williams IC,Rexrode DL

更新日期：2014-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Snowballing involves recursively pursuing relevant references cited in the retrieved literature and adding them to the search results. Snowballing is an alternative approach to discover additional evidence that was not retrieved through conventional search. Snowballing's effectiveness makes it best practice ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Choong MK,Galgani F,Dunn AG,Tsafnat G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major depression accounts for the greatest burden of all diseases globally. The peak onset of depression occurs between adolescence and young adulthood, and for many individuals, depression displays a relapse-remitting and increasingly severe course. Given this, the development of cost-effective, acceptable,...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Rice SM,Goodall J,Hetrick SE,Parker AG,Gilbertson T,Amminger GP,Davey CG,McGorry PD,Gleeson J,Alvarez-Jimenez M

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In traditional epidemiological studies, participants are likely motivated by perceived benefits, feelings of accomplishment, and belonging. No study has explored motives for participation in a Web-based cohort and the associated participant characteristics, although such information is useful for enhancing r...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Méjean C,Szabo de Edelenyi F,Touvier M,Kesse-Guyot E,Julia C,Andreeva VA,Hercberg S

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of the Internet has increased access to health information and can facilitate active individual engagement in health care decision making. Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States and are also the most underserved in terms of access to online health information. A g...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Lee YJ,Boden-Albala B,Larson E,Wilcox A,Bakken S

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lesbians and gay men have disproportionately high rates of depression and anxiety, and report lower satisfaction with treatments. In part, this may be because many health care options marginalize them by assuming heterosexuality, or misunderstand and fail to respond to the challenges specifically faced by th...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Rozbroj T,Lyons A,Pitts M,Mitchell A,Christensen H

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conducting and analyzing clinical studies of cough and cold medications is challenging due to the rapid onset and short duration of the symptoms. The use of Internet-based surveillance tools is a new approach in clinical studies that is gradually becoming popular and may become a useful method of recruitment...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Troullos E,Baird L,Jayawardena S

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since their inception, virtual patients have provided health care educators with a way to engage learners in an experience simulating the clinician's environment without danger to learners and patients. This has led this learning modality to be accepted as an essential component of medical education. With th...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Antoniou PE,Athanasopoulou CA,Dafli E,Bamidis PD

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of investigators have commented on the lack of models to inform the design of behavioral intervention technologies (BITs). BITs, which include a subset of mHealth and eHealth interventions, employ a broad range of technologies, such as mobile phones, the Web, and sensors, to support users in changing ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Mohr DC,Schueller SM,Montague E,Burns MN,Rashidi P

更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Youth mental health is a significant public health concern due to the high prevalence of mental health problems in this population and the low rate of those affected seeking help. While it is increasingly recognized that prevention is better than cure, most youth prevention programs have utilized interventio...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Manicavasagar V,Horswood D,Burckhardt R,Lum A,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Parker G

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvements in mobile telecommunication technologies have enabled clinicians to collect patient-reported outcome (PRO) data more frequently, but there is as yet limited evidence regarding the frequency with which PRO data can be collected via smartphone applications (apps) in breast cancer patients receivin...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Min YH,Lee JW,Shin YW,Jo MW,Sohn G,Lee JH,Lee G,Jung KH,Sung J,Ko BS,Yu JH,Kim HJ,Son BH,Ahn SH

更新日期：2014-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Online social networking use has increased rapidly among African American and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), making it important to understand how these technologies can be used to reach, retain, and maintain individuals in care and promote health wellness. In particular, the Internet is increasingl...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Martinez O,Wu E,Shultz AZ,Capote J,López Rios J,Sandfort T,Manusov J,Ovejero H,Carballo-Dieguez A,Chavez Baray S,Moya E,López Matos J,DelaCruz JJ,Remien RH,Rhodes SD

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health risk assessments are becoming more popular as a tool to conveniently and effectively reach community-dwelling adults who may be at risk for serious chronic conditions such as coronary heart disease (CHD). The use of such instruments to improve adults' risk factor awareness and concordance with clinica...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Dickerson JB,McNeal CJ,Tsai G,Rivera CM,Smith ML,Ohsfeldt RL,Ory MG

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing cases of diabetes, a general lack of routinely operational prevention, and a long history of separating disease prevention and treatment call for immediate engagement of frontier clinicians. This applies especially to village doctors who work in rural China where the majority of the nation's vast ...

journal_title：Journal of medical Internet research

authors： Chen P,Chai J,Cheng J,Li K,Xie S,Liang H,Shen X,Feng R,Wang D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00