Detecting Potential Adverse Drug Reactions Using a Deep Neural Network Model
Conclusions: Our model is effective in identifying the potential ADRs of a drug and the possible ADRs of a new drug. Most importantly, it can detect potential ADRs irrespective of whether they have been reported in the past. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chi-Shiang Wang Pei-Ju Lin Ching-Lan Cheng Shu-Hua Tai Yea-Huei Kao Yang Jung-Hsien Chiang Source Type: research

Online Information-Seeking About Potential Breast Cancer Symptoms: Capturing Online Behavior With an Internet Browsing Tracking Tool
Conclusions: Making a cancer attribution for an unfamiliar breast change did not necessarily translate into cancer-termed searches. Equally, not all internet searches led to a cancer attribution. The findings suggest that online information-seeking may not necessarily help women who experience unfamiliar breast cancer symptoms understand their condition. Despite some technical issues, this study showed that it is feasible to use an online browser tracking tool to capture in real time information-seeking about unfamiliar symptoms. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Afrodita Marcu Cecile Muller Emma Ream Katriina L Whitaker Source Type: research

Correction: A Web-Based Acceptance-Facilitating Intervention for Identifying Patients ’ Acceptance, Uptake, and Adherence of Internet- and Mobile-Based Pain Interventions: Randomized Controlled Trial
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Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jiaxi Lin Bianca Faust David Daniel Ebert Lena Kr ämer Harald Baumeister Source Type: research

Step Counts of Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults for 10 Months Before and After the Release of Pok émon GO in Yokohama, Japan
Conclusions: The present study confirmed a difference in step counts between players and nonplayers before and after the release of Pokémon GO. According to our analysis, step counts were higher until 7 months after the release. The player group maintained their step counts in winter, despite the decrease in step counts of nonplayers. In subgroup analyses, players were more likely to be men, aged <55 years, workers, active, and subjectively in good health. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kimihiro Hino Yasushi Asami Jung Su Lee Source Type: research

The Messages Presented in Electronic Cigarette –Related Social Media Promotions and Discussion: Scoping Review
Conclusions: The social media landscape is dominated by pro-vaping messages disseminated by the vaping industry and vaping proponents. The uncertainty surrounding e-cigarette regulation expressed within the public health field appears not to be reflected in ongoing social media dialogues and highlights the need for public health professionals to interact with the public to actively influence social media conversations and create a more balanced discussion. With the vaping industry changing so rapidly, real-time monitoring and surveillance of how these devices are discussed, promoted, and used on social media is necessary i...
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kahlia McCausland Bruce Maycock Tama Leaver Jonine Jancey Source Type: research

Design and Delivery Features That May Improve the Use of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents With Anxiety: A Realist Literature Synthesis With a Persuasive Systems Design Perspective
Conclusions: The Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations we developed suggest that, when delivered with adjunct support, certain PSD features contribute to moderate-to-high use of iCBT prevention and treatment programs for children and adolescents with anxiety. Standardization of the definition and measurement of program use, formal testing of individual and combined PSD features, and use of real-world design and testing methods are important next steps to improving how we develop and deliver increasingly useful treatments to target users. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ashley D Radomski Lori Wozney Patrick McGrath Anna Huguet Lisa Hartling Michele P Dyson Kathryn Bennett Amanda S Newton Source Type: research

What Affects the Completion of Ecological Momentary Assessments in Chronic Pain Research? An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Conclusion: Many factors thought to influence the EMA-completion rates in chronic pain studies were not confirmed. However, future EMA research in chronic pain should note that study length and young age can impact the quality of the momentary data and devise strategies to maximize completion rates across different age groups and study days. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Masakatsu Ono Stefan Schneider Doerte U Junghaenel Arthur A Stone Source Type: research

Corrigendum and Editorial Warning Regarding Use of the MMAS-8 Scale (A Remote Medication Monitoring System for Chronic Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions: A Two-Arm Randomized Pilot Study)
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Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Timothy M Hale Kamal Jethwani Manjinder Singh Kandola Fidencio Saldana Joseph C Kvedar Source Type: research

Developing a Web-Based Comic for Newly Diagnosed Women With Breast Cancer: An Action Research Approach
Conclusions: Using action research, this study illustrated that the comic that sheds light on issues of feelings, emotions, and thoughts that are present when a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and provides a communication medium to explain the steps in the process. Meanwhile, it implies that hope will be able to overcome the challenges that will be faced. Within the Web-based decision aid for patients with breast cancer, the animated comic acts as an information resource and is aimed at patients’ understanding of impacts of emotions arising when suffering from breast cancer. It is potentially applicable as a therap...
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tzu-I Lee Shuh-Jen Sheu Hsueh-Chin Chang Yu-Ting Hung Ling-Ming Tseng Shin-Shang Chou Te-Hsin Liang Hui-Ju Liu Hui-Ling Lu Mei-Chun Chen Ying-Chun Liu Chi-Shan Tsai Jui-Chiung Sun Source Type: research

Developing a Decision-Aid Website for Breast Cancer Surgery: An Action Research Approach
Conclusions: We have created the first breast cancer surgery decision-making assistance tool in Taiwan using a “Web-based” and multifunctional website design. This site aims to provide health care knowledge, psychological healing, and emotional support functions, as well as decision-making capability enhancement simulations. We look forward to assisting breast cancer patients in their decision-making process and expect our website to increase patient’s autonomy and improve their communication with clinicians. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yu-Ting Hung Ching-Fang Wu Te-Hsin Liang Shin-Shang Chou Guan-Liang Chen Pei-Ni Wu Guan-Rong Su Tsuey-Huah Jang Chang-Yi Liu Ching-Yen Wang Ling-Ming Tseng Shuh-Jen Sheu Source Type: research

Beyond One-Off Integrations: A Commercial, Substitutable, Reusable, Standards-Based, Electronic Health Record –Connected App
The Substitutable Medical Apps and Reusable Technology (SMART) Health IT project launched in 2010 to facilitate the development of medical apps that are scalable and substitutable. SMART defines an open application programming interface (API) specification that enables apps to connect to electronic health record systems and data warehouses without custom integration efforts. The SMART-enabled version of the Meducation app, developed by Polyglot, has been implemented at scores of hospitals and clinics in the United States, nation-wide. After expanding their product’s reach by relying on a universal, open API for integrati...
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kenneth D Mandl Daniel Gottlieb Alyssa Ellis Source Type: research

An Integrated Influenza Surveillance Framework Based on National Influenza-Like Illness Incidence and Multiple Hospital Electronic Medical Records for Early Prediction of Influenza Epidemics: Design and Evaluation
Conclusions: Our framework periodically integrated and compared surveillance data from multiple hospitals and the TWCDC website to maintain a certain prediction quality and proactively provide monitored results. Our results can be extended to other infectious diseases, mitigating the time and effort required for data collection and analysis. Furthermore, this approach may be developed as a cost-effective electronic surveillance tool for the early and accurate prediction of epidemics of influenza and other infectious diseases in densely populated regions and nations. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cheng-Yi Yang Ray-Jade Chen Wan-Lin Chou Yuarn-Jang Lee Yu-Sheng Lo Source Type: research

Digital Marketing to Promote Healthy Weight Gain Among Pregnant Women in Alberta: An Implementation Study
Conclusions: This study supports the use of digital marketing as an important avenue for delivering health messages and directing Web users to credible sources of information. The opportunity to reach large, yet targeted audiences, along with the ability to monitor and evaluate metrics to optimize activities throughout a campaign is a powerful advantage over traditional marketing tactics. Health organizations can use the results and insights of this study to help inform the design and implementation of similar Web-based activities. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jocelyn E Graham Jana L Moore Rhonda C Bell Terri Miller Source Type: research

Internet Access and Hypertension Management Among the Elderly Population: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey in China
Conclusions: Despite the low rate of internet access among the elderly population, the internet shows its potential as a platform for achieving better hypertension management in China. Strategies for reducing the disparities in hypertension management and overall disease burden of hypertension among the elderly population might consider the internet as a platform. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - January 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yinzi Jin Mingxia Jing Luyu Zhang Suhang Song Xiaochen Ma Source Type: research

Use of the CHA2DS2-VASc Score for Risk Stratification of Hospital Admissions Among Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases Receiving a Fourth-Generation Synchronous Telehealth Program: Retrospective Cohort Study
Conclusions: A higher CHA2DS2-VASc score was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular admissions. Patients accepting the fourth-generation telehealth program with CHA2DS2-VASc scores ≥4 benefit most by remaining free from cardiovascular hospitalization. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - January 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jen-Kuang Lee Chi-Sheng Hung Ching-Chang Huang Ying-Hsien Chen Pao-Yu Chuang Jiun-Yu Yu Yi-Lwun Ho Source Type: research