scholarly journals Mobile Phone Usage and Willingness to Receive Health-Related Information Among Patients Attending a Chronic Disease Clinic in Rural Puducherry, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1350-1351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjjan Ramachandran ◽  
Manikandan Srinivasan ◽  
Pruthu Thekkur ◽  
Phoebe Johnson ◽  
Palanivel Chinnakali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Disease Clinic ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
To Receive

scholarly journals Defaults versus framing: Revisiting Default Effect and Framing Effect with replications and extensions of Johnson and Goldstein (2003) and Johnson, Bellman, and Lohse (2002)

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramanya Prasad Chandrashekar ◽  
Nadia Adelina ◽  
Shiyuan Zeng ◽  
CHIU Yan Ying Esther ◽  
Grace Yat Sum Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Framing Effect ◽  
Default Option ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Health Related ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Highly Cited

People tend to stick with a default option instead of switching to another option. For instance, Johnson and Goldstein (2003) found a default effect in an organ donation scenario: if organ donation is the default option, people are more inclined to consent to it. Johnson et al. (2002) found a similar default effect in a health-survey scenarios: if receiving more information about your health is the default, people are more inclined to consent to it. Much of the highly cited, impactful work on these default effects, however, has not been replicated in well-powered samples. In two well-powered samples (N = 1920), we conducted a close replication of the default effect in Johnson and Goldstein (2003) and in Johnson, Bellman, and Lohse (2002). We successfully replicated Johnson and Goldstein (2003). In an extension of the original findings, we also show that default effects are unaffected by the permanence of these selections. We, however, failed to replicate the findings of Johnson, Bellman, and Lohse’s (2002) study; we did not find evidence for a default effect. We did, however, find a framing effect: participants who read a positively-framed scenario consented to receive health-related information at a higher rate than participants who read a negatively framed scenario. We also conducted a conceptual replication of Johnson et al. (2002) that was based on an organ-donation scenario, but this attempt failed to find a default effect. Our results suggest that default effects depend on framing and context. Materials, data, and code are available on: https://osf.io/8wd2b/.

scholarly journals Social Media Infodemic During COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-97
Author(s):  
Jeevan Bhatta ◽  
Sharmistha Sharma ◽  
Shashi Kandel ◽  
Roshan Nepal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Common Platform

Social media is a common platform that enables its users to share opinions, personal experiences, perspectives with one another instantaneously, globally. It has played a paramount role during pandemics such as COVID-19 and unveiled itself as a crucial means to communicate between the sources and the individuals. However, it also has become a place to disseminate misinformation and fake news rapidly. Infodemic, a plethora of information, some authentic some not makes it even harder to general people to receive factual and trustworthy information when required, has grown to be a major risk to public health and social media is developing as a trendy platform for this infodemic. This commentary aims to explore how social media has affected the current situation. We also aim to share our insight to control this misinformation.  This commentary contributes to evolving knowledge to counter fake news or health-related information shared over various social media platforms.

scholarly journals The use of mobile phone functionalities by patients with asthma and their desire to use for self-care purposes

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehsan Nabovati ◽  
Mehrdad Farzandipour ◽  
Marzieh Heidarzadeh Arani ◽  
Hossein Akbari ◽  
Reihane Sharif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Instructional Information ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Asthma Patients ◽  
To Receive

Abstract Background Mobile health (mHealth) has good potential for promoting self-care in patients suffering from chronic diseases. The patients' positive attitude toward this technology is a key factor for the successful implementation. The present study was conducted to investigate the asthma patients' use of mobile phone functionalities and their desire to receive self-care services through this technology. Methods This survey study was conducted in Iran in 2018. The study population consisted of 146 patients suffering from asthma. The data collection tool was a questionnaire containing items on the demographic characteristics of patients, current use of mobile phone functionalities, and desire to use them for receiving self-care services. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results Out of the 160 questionnaires distributed, 146 (91.25%) were completed. The majority of the participants had smartphones (84.9%). Less than half of the participants occasionally used mobile phone functionalities including mobile phone calls (42.5%) and mobile Internet (40.4%) to receive asthma-related information. A significant number of the participants had never used smartphone applications (72.6%) and E-mail (66.4%) to receive asthma-related information. The participants had their greatest use of Internet search, followed by social media, to receive information about asthma symptoms, allergenic and irritating substances, medicinal therapy, and how to use therapy aids. The participants were most willing to use social media for receiving asthma information, communicating with other patients, receiving reminders about doctor's appointment, and receiving warnings about the lack of asthma control. Conclusion In Iran as a developing country, asthma patients use Internet search mostly to receive instructional information and are willing to use social media rather than other mobile phone functionalities to receive self-care services. These patients believe that mobile phones are appropriate for receiving instructional information and reminders.

scholarly journals Mobile phone usage among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in an urban sub-center in India: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3829
Author(s):  
Reni Philip ◽  
Farah Naaz Fathima ◽  
Twinkle Agarwal ◽  
Aman Andews
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Adherence To Medication ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

Background: Diabetes education enables patients to be more involved in their care and helps in delaying complications. Mobile phone penetration in rural India is high and provides us with an opportunity to use mobile phones in delivering diabetes education messages. So the objective of the study is to study mobile phone usage among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in an urban sub-center.Methods: A list of all the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was obtained from the health management information system records of the rural health and center and structured interview schedule was administered. Universal sampling method was used.Results: Around half of the diabetic patients included in the study (55.6%) owned a personal mobile phone, 44.4% had access to a smart phone in the household and 35.4% had internet connectivity on their phone. Predominant mobile phone usages included making phone calls (54.4%), short messaging services (44.8%), listening to music (17.6), wake up alarm (14.4%) and capturing photos/videos (12.8%). Very few participants reported using mobile phone for health-related purposes (12.8%) and usage of health-related apps (10%). A large proportion of participant reported that they would like to receive reminders for clinic visits (54.0%), set alarms as reminders to improve adherence to medication (53.6). Chi-square test was used to find associations.Conclusions:Two-thirds of the patients with known diabetes have access to a mobile phone at the household level. Mobile phones have potential application to be used as channel for health education, reminders for clinic visits and to improve adherence to medication among patients with diabetes in urban India. 

Mobile phone usage and willingness to receive mental health support through mobile phones among perinatal mothers in rural Bihar, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 102431
Author(s):  
Vijaya Raghavan ◽  
Homam A. Khan ◽  
Uttara Seshu ◽  
Amarnath Choudhary ◽  
C. Sangeetha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mental Health Support ◽  
Health Support ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
To Receive

scholarly journals Behavior Revealed in Mobile Phone Usage Predicts Credit Repayment

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 618-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Björkegren ◽  
Darrell Grissen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Phone Data ◽  
South American ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Behavioral Signatures ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
To Receive

Abstract Many households in developing countries lack formal financial histories, making it difficult for firms to extend credit, and for potential borrowers to receive it. However, many of these households have mobile phones, which generate rich data about behavior. This article shows that behavioral signatures in mobile phone data predict default, using call records matched to repayment outcomes for credit extended by a South American telecom. On a sample of individuals with (thin) financial histories, this article's method actually outperforms models using credit bureau information, both within-time and when tested on a different time period. But the method also attains similar performance on those without financial histories, who cannot be scored using traditional methods. Individuals in the highest quintile of risk by the measure used in this article are 2.8 times more likely to default than those in the lowest quintile. The method forms the basis for new forms of credit that reach the unbanked.

scholarly journals Development of an Intervention to Support the Reproductive Health of Cambodian Women Who Seek Medical Abortion: Research Protocol (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Oreglia ◽  
Sokhey Ly ◽  
Camille Tijamo ◽  
Amra Ou ◽  
Caroline Free ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Medical Abortion ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Health Related

BACKGROUND In Cambodia, abortion has been legally permitted on request during the first trimester of pregnancy since 1997. However, although there has been an increase in the percentage of women having induced abortion and medical abortion, there has also been a decrease in the percentage of women who say they received help from a health worker with their abortion. These data point toward the <i>demedicalization</i> of abortion, and although medical abortion has been shown to be safe, there are concerns about safety, given the variety of available products and counseling provided. These concerns are particularly relevant for female factory workers, who typically come from rural areas where access to good health care and information about reproductive health care is limited. OBJECTIVE This study aims to understand the reproductive health needs of female Cambodian garment factory workers after medical abortion from a multidisciplinary and mixed-methods perspective, focusing on how they seek and share medical abortion- and health-related information; how they use their mobile phones for this and other purposes; what cultural challenges exist around reproductive health; and how they might be magnified or mitigated by mobile phones, linguistic challenges around health care, and mobile phone use. The main purpose of this study is to combine multidisciplinary methods, theories, and expertise to gain new, culturally grounded insights into family planning and medical abortion in Cambodia, but the findings could help inform the development of a relevant intervention to support comprehensive postabortion care. METHODS The methods proposed are interviews and participant observation among factory workers, health providers, and mobile phone providers; a linguistic analysis of relevant data (interview transcripts, web-based sources, and other fieldwork materials); and digital methods to understand what kind of information about medical abortion exists on the web in Cambodia and how it is accessed by the targeted population. RESULTS The data collection part of the project will end on December 31, 2020. The team conducted 67 semistructured interviews with female factory workers, women who sought a medical abortion, health providers, and mobile phone providers; participant observation with factory workers and health providers; and an analysis of YouTube and Facebook to understand what kind of information is available, who creates it, and how it is used. The team is currently performing data analysis, and the findings are clustered around (1) the use of mobile phones and digital resources for health-related and medical abortion-related information, (2) the experience of medical abortion care, and (3) the development of an intervention through edutainment videos. CONCLUSIONS The project highlights both the widely untapped potential of using digital platforms (especially YouTube and Facebook) to distribute accurate information on medical abortion and the challenges in providing individual information via mobile phones while respecting individuals’ privacy. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/17779

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