• Design and Prestudy Assessment of a Dashboard for Presenting Self-Collected Health Data of Patients With Diabetes to Clinicians: Iterative Approach and Qualitative Case Study 

      Giordanengo, Alain; Årsand, Eirik; Woldaregay, Ashenafi Zebene; Bradway, Meghan; Grøttland, Astrid; Hartvigsen, Gunnar; Granja, Conceição; Torsvik, Torbjørn; Hansen, Anne Helen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-09)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Introducing self-collected health data from patients with diabetes into consultation can be beneficial for both patients and clinicians. Such an initiative can allow patients to be more proactive in their disease management and clinicians to provide more tailored medical services. Optimally, electronic health record systems (EHRs) should be able to receive self-collected health ...
    • Do diabetes mHealth and online interventions evaluate what is important for users? 

      Larbi, Dillys; Bradway, Meghan; Randine, Pietro; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia; Årsand, Eirik (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2019-11)
      Research often presents patient needs from perceptions of healthcare professionals and researchers. Today, patients can formulate tailored questions and seek solutions for what they need to self-manage in many ways. We aimed to compare reported outcomes of mHealth and online intervention studies for diabetes selfmanagement to patient-reported needs, from a systematic review and a literature review ...
    • mHealth: Where Is the Potential for Aiding Informal Caregivers? 

      Bradway, Meghan; Woldaregay, Ashenafi Zebene; Issom, David-Zacharie; Pfuhl, Gerit; Hartvigsen, Gunnar; Årsand, Eirik; Henriksen, André (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The health and well-being of informal caregivers often take a backseat to those that they care for. While systems, technologies, and services that provide care and support for those with chronic illnesses are established and continuously improved, those that support informal caregivers are less explored. An international survey about motivations to use mHealth technologies was posted to online ...
    • User preferences for a physical activity chatbot connected to an activity tracker and integrated into a social media platform 

      Larbi, Dillys; Sandsdalen, Helle; Gabarron, Elia; Årsand, Eirik; Henriksen, André (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-22)
      Performing regular physical activity can be challenging. Integrating chatbots with social media platforms and physical activity sensors can potentially increase physical activity. The objective of this study was to identify design preferences for integrating an activity tracker supported chatbot in a social media platform. Norwegian adults (n=120) responded to an ad-hoc online survey. User preferences ...
    • What are diabetes patients versus health care personnel discussing on social media? 

      Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan; Gabarron, Elia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-13)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Use of social media is increasing rapidly, also in health care and diabetes. However, patients, health care personnel, and patient organizations discuss diabetes on social media very differently. This has led to a lack of common ground when these stakeholders communicate about diabetes and a gap in understanding one another’s point of view. Social media have a potential for ...