The Extent and Coverage of Current Knowledge of Connected Health: Systematic Mapping Study (Preprint)

BACKGROUND This study examines the development of the connected health (CH) research landscape with a view to providing an overview of the existing CH research. The research field of CH has experienced rapid growth coinciding with increasing pressure on health care systems to become more proactive and patient centered. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the extent and coverage of the current body of knowledge in CH. In doing so, we sought to identify specific topics that have drawn the attention of CH researchers and to identify research gaps, in particular those offering opportunities for further interdisciplinary research. METHODS A systematic mapping study that combined scientific contributions from research in the disciplines of medicine, business, computer science, and engineering was used. Overall, seven classification criteria were used to analyze the papers, including publication source, publication year, research type, empirical type, contribution type, research topic, and the medical condition studied. RESULTS The search resulted in 208 papers that were analyzed by a multidisciplinary group of researchers. The results indicated a slow start for CH research but showed a more recent steady upswing since 2013. The majority of papers proposed health care solutions (77/208, 37.0%) or evaluated CH approaches (49/208, 23.5%). Case studies (59/208, 28.3%) and experiments (55/208, 26.4%) were the most popular forms of scientific validation used. Diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and heart conditions were among the most prevalent medical conditions studied. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that CH research has become an established field of research that has grown over the last five years. The results of this study indicate a focus on technology-driven research with a strong contribution from medicine, whereas the business aspects of CH have received less research attention.

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The Extent and Coverage of Current Knowledge of Connected Health: Systematic Mapping Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research ◽

10.2196/14394 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (9) ◽

pp. e14394 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maria Karampela ◽

Minna Isomursu ◽

Talya Porat ◽

Christos Maramis ◽

Nicola Mountford ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Medical Condition ◽

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Research Attention ◽

Connected Health ◽

Cancer Multiple

Background This study examines the development of the connected health (CH) research landscape with a view to providing an overview of the existing CH research. The research field of CH has experienced rapid growth coinciding with increasing pressure on health care systems to become more proactive and patient centered. Objective This study aimed to assess the extent and coverage of the current body of knowledge in CH. In doing so, we sought to identify specific topics that have drawn the attention of CH researchers and to identify research gaps, in particular those offering opportunities for further interdisciplinary research. Methods A systematic mapping study that combined scientific contributions from research in the disciplines of medicine, business, computer science, and engineering was used. Overall, seven classification criteria were used to analyze the papers, including publication source, publication year, research type, empirical type, contribution type, research topic, and the medical condition studied. Results The search resulted in 208 papers that were analyzed by a multidisciplinary group of researchers. The results indicated a slow start for CH research but showed a more recent steady upswing since 2013. The majority of papers proposed health care solutions (77/208, 37.0%) or evaluated CH approaches (49/208, 23.5%). Case studies (59/208, 28.3%) and experiments (55/208, 26.4%) were the most popular forms of scientific validation used. Diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and heart conditions were among the most prevalent medical conditions studied. Conclusions We conclude that CH research has become an established field of research that has grown over the last five years. The results of this study indicate a focus on technology-driven research with a strong contribution from medicine, whereas the business aspects of CH have received less research attention.

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Methods used in mobile applications for the diagnosis of hearing loss: A systematic mapping study

KnE Engineering ◽

10.18502/keg.v5i1.5923 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Atencio Vizcaíno Hebert Leonidas ◽

Tintín Perdomo Verónica Paulina ◽

Caiza Caizabuano José Rubén ◽

Caicedo Altamirano Fernando Sebastián

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Hearing Loss ◽

Mobile Applications ◽

Pure Tone ◽

Measurement Methods ◽

Diagnostic Methods ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Pure Tones

Hearing loss is one of the most common health problems today, it can appear at any age and the causes are varied, in order to prevent it or adapt to the changes brought about by the hearing impairment, it is necessary to diagnose it in time. The technology in terms of applications for health care smartphones has constantly evolved, so that today play an important role and are among the most downloaded from application stores, several of these applications are the diagnosis of hearing loss and use the method of pure tones. In this study a Systematic Mapping of Literature SMS (Systematic Mapping Study) is made to look for mobile applications that use other diagnostic methods that offer similar or better results, of the 13 applications found, 11 used the method of pure tones and in only 2 of them was implemented the speech audiometry (word recognition), concludes that diagnostic hearing loss tests based on mobile applications are reliable alternatives to conventional audiometric systems, and that pure tone thresholds alone are an incomplete assessment of hearing, and there is a need to develop new hearing measurement methods and combine them with other methods to complement the diagnosis. Resumen: La pérdida de la audición es uno de los problemas de salud más comunes en la actualidad, puede aparecer a cualquier edad y las causas son variadas, para poder prevenirla o adaptarse a los cambios que conlleva la deficiencia auditiva, es necesario diagnosticarla a tiempo. La tecnología en cuanto a aplicaciones para smartphones de asistencia de salud ha evolucionado constantemente, tal es así que hoy en día juegan un papel importante y son de las más descargadas de las tiendas de aplicaciones, varias de esas aplicaciones son las de diagnóstico de pérdida auditiva y utilizan el método de los tonos puros. En este estudio se hace un Mapeo Sistemático de Literatura SMS (Systematic Mapping Study) para buscar aplicaciones móviles que utilicen otros métodos de diagnóstico que ofrezcan similares o mejores resultados, de las 13 aplicaciones encontradas, 11 utilizaron el método de los tonos puros y en solo 2 de ellas se implementó la logoaudiometria (reconocimiento de palabras), por lo que se concluye que las pruebas de diagnóstico de pérdida auditiva basadas en aplicaciones móviles, son alternativas confiables a los sistemas de audiometría convencionales, y que los umbrales de tonos puros por sí solos son una evaluación incompleta de la audición, y existe la necesidad de desarrollar nuevos métodos de medición de audición y combinarlos con otros métodos para complementar el diagnóstico.

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Co-creation in tourism: a systematic mapping study

Tourism Review ◽

10.1108/tr-10-2019-0425 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Mohammadi ◽

Hamid Reza Yazdani ◽

Mona Jami Pour ◽

Morteza Soltani

Keyword(s):

Research Field ◽

Survey Method ◽

Future Research ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Content Type ◽

The Status ◽

Minimum Number ◽

Research Gap

Purpose The purpose of this study is to organize and analyze the existing literature on co-creation in tourism to identify the state-of-the-art studies and the research gap in this field. Design/methodology/approach As the research questions seek to provide an overview of the studies in the available literature, the systematic mapping study (SMS) has been selected as the research method. A suitable mapping study method for analyzing and structuring a broad research field concerning methods, designs and research focuses on the existing publications. In total, 137 articles published during 2006–2019 in reliable academic databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Scopus, Wiley, ProQuest, Sage, Web of Science and Taylor and Francis were selected and analyzed. Findings The results show a rising trend of published articles in tourism, with the maximum number published in 2019 and the minimum number in 2006. Also, analysis of input articles revealed that most of the studies focused on the antecedents and prerequisites for co-creation and paid less attention to the co-creation context. Other findings show that in the field of tourism, the hospitality sector, especially hotels have paid special attention to co-creation. The majority of papers were the empirical type with quantitative design. Furthermore, most studies used the survey method, while the case study and other methods were the next choices. Originality/value This study addresses a major research gap by summarizing the literature related to value co-creation with a specific focus on tourism using the SMS method that provides an overview of the studies in this field. Categorizing papers through SMS helps researchers to review the status of studies in a visual summary to identify gaps and directions for future research.

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Systematic Mapping Study on Verification and Validation of Industrial Third-party Iot Applications

Advances in Cyber-Physical Systems ◽

10.23939/acps2020.01.030 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 30-44

Author(s):

Ivan Tritchkov ◽

Keyword(s):

Industrial Revolution ◽

Value Added ◽

Research Field ◽

Verification And Validation ◽

Third Party ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Iot Applications ◽

Industrial Iot

The next industrial revolution commonly known as Industry 4.0 represents the idea of interconnected manufacturing, where intelligent devices, systems and processes exchange information, resources and artifacts to optimize the complete value-added chain and to reduce costs and time-to- market. Industrial software ecosystems are a good example how the latest digitalization trends are applied in the industry domain and how with the help of industrial IoT applications the production process can be optimized. However, the use of third- party applications exposes to a risk the systems and devices part of the manufacturing process. To address these risks a set of quality measures must be carried out in the ecosystem. This paper presents the results of a systematic mapping study carried out in the area of verification and validation of industrial IoT third-party applications. The goal of the study is to structure the scientific landscape and to provide an up-to-date snapshot of the current state of the research field.

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Characterizing Usability Inspection Methods through the Analysis of a Systematic Mapping Study Extension

CLEI electronic journal ◽

10.19153/cleiej.16.1.11 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Luis Rivero ◽

Raimundo Barreto ◽

Tayana Conte

Keyword(s):

Web Application ◽

Web Applications ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Quality Aspects ◽

The Web

Usability is one of the most relevant quality aspects in Web applications. A Web application is usable if it provides a friendly, direct and easy to understand interface. Many Usability Inspection Methods (UIMs) have been proposed as a cost effective way to enhance usability. However, many companies are not aware of these UIMs and consequently, are not using them. A secondary study can identify, evaluate and interpret all data that is relevant to the current knowledge available regarding UIMs that have been used to evaluate Web applications in the past few decades. Therefore, we have extended a systematic mapping study about Usability Evaluation Methods by analyzing 26 of its research papers from which we extracted and categorized UIMs. We provide practitioners and researches with the rationale to understand both the strengths and weaknesses of the emerging UIMs for the Web. Furthermore, we have summarized the relevant information of the UIMs, which suggested new ideas or theoretical basis regarding usability inspection in the Web domain. In addition, we present a new UIM and a tool for Web usability inspection starting from the results shown in this paper.

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A systematic mapping study about DevOps

Journal de Ciencia e Ingeniería ◽

10.46571/jci.2020.1.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 48-62

Author(s):

Jonathan Guerrero ◽

Karen Zúñiga ◽

Camilo Certuche ◽

César Pardo

Keyword(s):

Software Development ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Agile Development ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Important Process ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Continuous Integration ◽

Process Elements

DevOps is a very trendy term these days in the software development companies (SDC), term that emerges as a possible solution to finally reach an acceleration and a rise of productivity expected with the appearance of agile development approaches, but that until now had not materialized, through automation practices, continuous integration, continuous build, and continuous deployment. This paper aims to show current knowledge about the process of adopting DevOps in SDC through a systematic mapping of the literature. However, the results obtained show that there is little detailed information regarding activities, tasks, roles, and other important process elements for the adoption of DevOps. Similarly, it has been concluded that there is no a unified terminology, therefore, it is important to standardize it to simplify the understanding and application of DevOps. Furthermore, this paper shows the preview of the framework that it is being developed for the adoption of DevOps in the SDC.

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Gridshells in Recent Research—A Systematic Mapping Study

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112411731 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 11731

Author(s):

Steinar Hillersøy Dyvik ◽

Bendik Manum ◽

Anders Rønnquist

Keyword(s):

Structural Engineering ◽

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Theoretical Studies ◽

Structural System ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Structural Behaviour ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Active Metal ◽

Research Type

Gridshells are shells where the structural system is some kind of grid of linear members rather than a surface. With today’s focus on environmentally friendly solutions, gridshells have gained increased relevance as inherently material-efficient structures. This paper investigates the recent research on gridshells, who performs it and what their contributions are, and will thus provide an overview of the research field of gridshells. This study is performed as a systematic mapping. The articles were categorised by research type, motivation, contribution, gridshell type, material, and scientific field. The study shows that most articles are within structural engineering, whereas contributions from architecture were hard to find. The typical study was theoretical studies performing analyses on a specific load or structural behaviour. Some possible knowledge gaps were also identified, including review articles on loads and behaviour, research on bending active metal gridshells and development of gridshell nodes.

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The perspective of religious and spiritual tourism research: a systematic mapping study

Journal of Islamic Marketing ◽

10.1108/jima-02-2017-0015 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 747-798 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ali Heidari ◽

Hamid Reza Yazdani ◽

Fatemeh Saghafi ◽

Mohammad Reza Jalilvand

Keyword(s):

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Discussion Paper ◽

Publication Type ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Tourism Research ◽

Content Type ◽

Main Research ◽

Spiritual Tourism

Purpose Religious tourism is a form of tourism where people of a particular faith travel to visit places of religious significance in their faith. Previous research into the various aspects of religious and spiritual tourism (RST) has been noticeably extended. The purpose of this study is to perform systematic mapping to provide trends and classification regarding the recent publications in the area of RST. Design/methodology/approach This study collected 181 papers from five scientific databases, from which 122 were selected to be classified according to six properties: research type, research focus, research method, investigated religion, publication type and time. Findings The analysis of these data resulted in a map of the research field, which was presented under three perspectives: the distribution and trends over time of each classification property and the relationship between them. Besides the visual map, the full list of classified papers is available. The results showed that the number of publications is increasing every year, which shows a growing interest in this field. Moreover, the primary research focuses were destination, demand and marketing. Top three journals were found to be International Journal of Tourism Research, Tourism Recreation Research and Journal of Heritage Tourism. Furthermore, evaluation research, solution proposals and opinion papers were the main research types in the area. In addition, the majority of studies focused on Christianity and Islam. Finally, survey, discussion paper, interview and case study were the predominantly used research methods. Originality/value The mapping study delivers the first systematic summary of RST research.

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