Encouraging physical activities at home for people with multiple sclerosis with mHealth tools: A literature review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Clémence Chassan ◽  
Céline Jost ◽  
Marc Sévène ◽  
Olivier Cras ◽  
Thomas De Broucker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Physical Exercises ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic degenerative neurological disease with visual, sensitive, motor, or cognitive symptoms. Physical activities are recommended for people with MS (pwMS) who are at home instead of in a rehabilitation program, to help them to maintain their autonomy. Since a lack of motivation appears to be the principal barrier for pwMS to practice exercises, it is necessary to evaluate whether mobile health (mHealth) tools can offer a solution to stimulate their motivation. OBJECTIVE: This literature review analyzes papers to investigate to how a mobile application can motivate pwMS to practice physical activities and manage their fatigue. METHODS: We performed an automatic query from digital libraries and analyzed the studies. RESULTS: We selected seven articles that responded to our criteria. These studies tested mobile applications that used different strategies to motivate pwMS to practice physical exercises at home and manage their fatigue. A lack of motivation was the main obstacle, but depending on the type of exercises chosen, some application settings seemed to resolve this issue. CONCLUSIONS: Studies in this area are limited, although this literature review highlights the need for mHealth tools in which pwMS and their therapists contribute to their use and conception.

scholarly journals Usability Evaluation Model for Mobile Visually Impaired Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (05) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Azham Hussain ◽  
Ahlam Mohamed Omar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Models ◽  
Usability Evaluation Methods

The usability of the mobile applications is the most important factor in developing, so the key to develop successful mobile applications is usability, especially for users have specific needs such as visually impaired. However, developers do not focus on visually impaired users. Moreover, there are limited studies and usability evaluation models for mobile applications for visually impaired so developers use just a modified usability evaluation methods which are not enough and useful to evaluate mobile applications for visually impaired, or they use general usability evaluation models. Therefore, using these methods or models is difficult for evaluator and not useful for visually impaired users. This study conducts Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify usability dimensions that help mobile applications developers and evaluators to evaluate mobile application for users which have moderate and severe visual impairment. The result shows that, six dimensions that have a significant impact on moderate and severe visually impaired users' satisfaction, who use mobile applications. These dimensions namely efficiency, effectiveness, satisfaction, errors, accessibility and understandability.

scholarly journals Benefit of a Mobile Application to Motivate People with Multiple Sclerosis to Practice Self-Rehabilitation at Home

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Clémence Chassan ◽  
Céline Jost ◽  
Thomas De Broucker ◽  
Olivier Cras ◽  
Marc Sévène ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Rehabilitation Exercises ◽  
Do So ◽  
At Home

Rehabilitation is essential to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) treatment. Its efficacy can be maintained by self-rehabilitation but its execution often remains unpredictable. A mobile application could help people with MS (pwMS) practice these self-rehabilitation exercises at home. We are reporting the results of a study aiming to guide the design of a mobile application that would motivate pwMS to do so. With this aim in mind, a study has been conducted among the rehabilitation staff who work with these people. The results are steering the design of the application towards an occupation-centric application, in addition with some playful elements in order to provoke interest and commitment.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications for Students with Dyslexia: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ahmed Aldousari
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Academic Challenges ◽  
Education Process

Students with dyslexia often face many challenges in their learning process. Some of the challenges could be trying to understand the content when they lack the ability to read properly. Teachers, however, and all other professional stakeholders have a duty to find ways to help these students meet quality education and exploit their maximum potential despite their challenges. By incorporating technological solutions in the classrooms, academic challenges for learners can be reduced, ensuring that students with dyslexia get the most out of the education process. Therefore, this systematic literature review aims to explore what mobile applications are available that can be used to enhance the learning experience for students with dyslexia and what the literature says about how the overall learning experience of these students might change by providing mobile applications. Nine articles met the criteria for review and were included. The results showed that the introduction of mobile applications can effectively enhance the learning process, essentially pertaining to individuals with dyslexia. Furthermore, the various systems being developed in the form of m-learning applications are proving to be useful, especially on pre-literacy and dyslexic learning. The new developments are poised to increase students with dyslexia motivations for learning since they grant them an opportunity and avenue to make the learning process easy for them. The review concludes that there is a need for more research to determine what development components are needed to evaluate the mobile application that being used for students with dyslexia.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications for Assessing Human Posture: A Systematic Literature Review

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1196
Author(s):  
Rayele Moreira ◽  
Ariel Teles ◽  
Renan Fialho ◽  
Rodrigo Baluz ◽  
Thalyta Cibele Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Posture ◽  
Postural Assessment ◽  
Posture Assessment

Smartphones are increasingly incorporated with features such as sensors and high resolution cameras that empower their capabilities, enabling their use for varied activities including human posture assessments. Previous reviews have discussed methods used in postural assessment but none of them focused exclusively on mobile applications. This paper systematically reviews mobile applications proposed for analyzing human posture based on alignment of the body in the sagittal and coronal plane. The main digital libraries were searched, 26 articles published between 2010 and 2020 were selected, and 13 mobile applications were identified, classified and discussed. Results showed that the use of mobile applications to assist with posture assessment have been demonstrated to be reliable, and this can contribute to clinical practice of health professionals, especially the assessment and reassessment phases of treatments, despite some variations when compared to traditional methods. Moreover, in the case of image-based applications, we highlight the advantage that measurements can be taken with the assessor at a certain distance with respect to the patient’s position, which is an important function for assessments performed in pandemic times such as the outbreak of COVID-19.

Sustaining Job Performance through Technology Acceptance with Usage of Whatsapp Mobile Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Nor Hayati Kassim ◽  
Norlina Mohamed Noor ◽  
Jati Kasuma ◽  
Juliza Saleh ◽  
Ceaser Dealwis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Willingness To Use

Companies are now recognizing that their employees require a spectrum of mobile applications in order to achieve maximum efficiency at the workplace. Mobile applications such as WeChat, Twitter and WhatsApp via smartphones have become influential tools and extensively used by employees at the workplace. This state-of-the-art technology in communication has penetrated various fields, including routine administrative jobs at the workplace. The objective of this research is toinvestigate the acceptance of the WhatsApp mobile application for formal use among support staff at The Commission of the City of Kuching North, Sarawak (DBKU). Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and behavioral intention of the users in using WhatsApp are the variables measured for job performance. The researchers utilized convenience sampling, whereby a total of 105 employees from two departments participated in the investigation. Data was collected using a set of selfadministered questionnaires which was adapted from Davis. The findings revealed that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of WhatsApp as a means of communication were significant for job performance at DBKU. The employees felt more competent during their formal interaction at the workplace as less effort was needed while using WhatsApp. The existence of features which were user-friendly and easy operational functions helped to create positive attitudes when utilizing the application. Faster feedback, ease of use, and convenience were some of the reasons for the employees’ willingness to use WhatsApp for communication at the workplace.

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