Review of interactive digital solutions improving health literacy of personal cancer risks in the general public

Westerlinck, Philippe; Coucke, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104564

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“…Since a combination of health education and physical exercises can be effective in preventing non-specific back pain [181], DTx delivering these modalities can yield both therapeutic and preventive effects. Mobile apps are recognized as means to improve health literacy and preventive behaviors [182][183][184]. Promotion and implementation of lifestyle modifications via DTx may lead to the development of sustainable self-care practices that decrease the risk for recurrence of CLBP.…”

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Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Expand Multimodal Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain: The Nexus of Precision Medicine, Patient Education, and Public Health

Rohaj

Bułaj

2023

Healthcare

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Digital therapeutics (DTx, software as a medical device) provide personalized treatments for chronic diseases and expand precision medicine beyond pharmacogenomics-based pharmacotherapies. In this perspective article, we describe how DTx for chronic low back pain (CLBP) can be integrated with pharmaceutical drugs (e.g., NSAIDs, opioids), physical therapy (PT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and patient empowerment. An example of an FDA-authorized DTx for CLBP is RelieVRx, a prescription virtual reality (VR) app that reduces pain severity as an adjunct treatment for moderate to severe low back pain. RelieVRx is an immersive VR system that delivers at-home pain management modalities, including relaxation, self-awareness, pain distraction, guided breathing, and patient education. The mechanism of action of DTx is aligned with recommendations from the American College of Physicians to use non-pharmacological modalities as the first-line therapy for CLBP. Herein, we discuss how DTx can provide multimodal therapy options integrating conventional treatments with exposome-responsive, just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI). Given the flexibility of software-based therapies to accommodate diverse digital content, we also suggest that music-induced analgesia can increase the clinical effectiveness of digital interventions for chronic pain. DTx offers opportunities to simultaneously address the chronic pain crisis and opioid epidemic while supporting patients and healthcare providers to improve therapy outcomes.

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Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Expand Multimodal Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain: The Nexus of Precision Medicine, Patient Education, and Public Health

Rohaj

Bułaj

2023

Healthcare

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“…The burden of digital health illiteracy can be significant for those patients who experience challenges in navigating health information, as they may also be more vulnerable to misinformation. Lower digital health literacy may also contribute to persistent social health inequalities and poorer health outcomes (Estrela et al, 2023). Research suggests that short and visually appealing medical information may be more effective in communications with populations of lower health literacy, and these patient groups could benefit the most from the use of VR as a patient education tool (van der Kruk et al, 2022).…”

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“…There is also the need for research to better understand the influence of sociodemographic, economic, and cultural differences on digital health literacy and whether such factors may also present barriers or challenges to adoption and use of VR (Estrela et al, 2023). Chen et al (2019) suggest that rural residents may also have lower access to and use of certain health information sources relative to urban residents and, with greater shortages of physicians and other healthcare providers and limited media exposure, rural residents may have more limited access to health information, especially those with limited health literacy.…”

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“…Digital health literacy encompasses the application of both health and digital literacy skills to confidently and accurately use tools and information to manage health-related questions or care. However, lack of access to digital tools, usage patterns, and the ability to effectively use digital technologies has been shown to affect digital health literacy among patients (Estrela et al, 2023). Living in rural or remote communities, educational level, socioeconomic status and being older are other factors that also influence digital health literacy.…”

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The use of extended reality (XR) in patient education: A critical perspective

Curran,

Hollett

2023

Health Education Journal

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Objective: Extended reality (XR) has emerged as an innovative educational modality that offers the potential for the creation of more interactive and engaging forms of patient education experiences and products. The purpose of this article is to describe the field of XR technologies and review its potential through a critical lens as well as its possible adoption as a mainstream technology for providing patient education in the future. Method: A review of the literature was undertaken to summarise the emerging evidence concerning the effectiveness of XR as a patient education modality. The findings of several reviews are summarised and a critical discussion of potential issues and challenges in the adoption and use of XR among particular marginalised populations are explored. Results: The emerging evidence suggests that different forms of XR technology applications have the potential to create immersive and engaging patient education experiences that can lead to enhanced patient satisfaction, positive educational outcomes and reduced patient anxiety. Nonetheless, there have been calls for greater consideration of how patient characteristics, including socioeconomic status, gender, cultural and generational differences, influence the learning effects of virtual reality educational applications, as well as its adoption and implementation for patient education purposes. Conclusion: The evidence surrounding the effectiveness of XR in patient education is growing; however, various factors could influence the successful adoption and implementation of XR in different patient populations who have traditionally experienced challenges with digital health literacy. The paper offers some recommendations for enhancing the evidence base and potential approaches to advance the design and evaluation of XR applications in patient education.

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“…Information Age Impacts and Support Systems help learners prepare for a variety of situations. Standards and assessments, curriculum and instruction, teacher development, an appropriate (Abraham, Ali, Andangsari, & Hartanti, 2020;Purnama, Ulfah, Machali, Wibowo, & Narmaditya, 2021;Sulaiman, Shorbagi, Abdalla et al, 2018;Westerlinck & Coucke, 2021)learning environment, and the development (C. Andersson & Palm, 2017;Cross, Morphet, & Miller, 2018;Elshami & Abdalla, 2017;Frey & Fisher, 2009;List, 2019;Mbanda, Dada, Bastable, Ingalill, & Ralf, 2021;Riel Miller, 2020) of a new age curriculum are examples. Education (Abdulai, Tiffere, Adam, & Kabanunye, 2021;Abraham, Ali, Andangsari et al, 2020;ALA, 2020;Alaidarous, Mohamed, Masuadi, Wali, & AlMalki, 2016;L.…”

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Digital literacy skill education in assessment of learners for applied computer courses for learner skills development and development

Thanarachataphoom¹,

Lapanachokdee²,

Chankeaw³

2022

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The pandemic COVID -19 causing the teaching style in higher education to change. This research aims to This study aims to investigate learners ' Digital Literacy (DL) knowledge in an applied computer course and how to improve assessment for learning (AfL). The sampling in research was 74 sample, student of studying Bachelor degree of Science in Food Technology. Mahidol University Kanchanauri Campus. Register course: Computer program applications. Statistics used for this research, frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data. which was the general information such as gender, the Operating System (OS) Dependent Variable, which was DL level (Access, Analyse, Create and Evaluate). The result show that multiple regression analysis with squared multiple correlations (R2) = 90.8%. It can be said that when the data of all 4 variables (creating, evaluating, analyse, accessing) were used to predict the learners ' learning level in relation to DL.

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Review of interactive digital solutions improving health literacy of personal cancer risks in the general public

Cited by 6 publications

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Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Expand Multimodal Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain: The Nexus of Precision Medicine, Patient Education, and Public Health

Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Expand Multimodal Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain: The Nexus of Precision Medicine, Patient Education, and Public Health

The use of extended reality (XR) in patient education: A critical perspective

Digital literacy skill education in assessment of learners for applied computer courses for learner skills development and development

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