• Criteria for Assessing and Recommending Digital Diabetes Tools: A Delphi Study 

      Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Diabetes self-management, an integral part of diabetes care, can be improved with the help of digital self-management tools such as apps, sensors, websites, and social media. The study objective was to reach a consensus on the criteria required to assess and recommend digital diabetes self-management tools targeting those with diabetes in Norway. Healthcare professionals working with diabetes care ...
    • Engaging Social Media Users with Health Education and Physical Activity Promotion 

      Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Årsand, Eirik; Wynn, Rolf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Health-dedicated groups on social media provide different contents and social support to their peers. Our objective is to analyze users’ engagement with health education and physical activity promotion posts according to the expressed social support and social media. All health education and physical activity promotion posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram during 2017–2019 by a diabetes association ...
    • Methods and Evaluation Criteria for Apps and Digital Interventions for Diabetes Self-Management: Systematic Review 

      Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Antypas, Konstantinos; Bradway, Meghan; Gabarron, Elia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-06)
      <i>Background</i>: There is growing evidence that apps and digital interventions have a positive impact on diabetes self-management. Standard self-management for patients with diabetes could therefore be supplemented by apps and digital interventions to increase patients’ skills. Several initiatives, models, and frameworks suggest how health apps and digital interventions could be evaluated, but ...
    • Social media, physical activity and autism: better or bitter together? A scoping review 

      Gabarron, Elia; Henriksen, André; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-22)
      This review provides an overview of the existing research on social media, autism, and physical activity. We searched for publications on PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, Education source, ERIC, IEEE Xplore, and the proceedings from conferences on health informatics and autism. Eight studies were included in this review. Studies reported mixed results on the link between social media, physical activity, ...
    • What Do We Know About the Use of Chatbots for Public Health? 

      Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Denecke, Kerstin; Årsand, Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      <i>Background and objective</i>: The number of publications on the use of chatbots for health is recently increasing, however to our knowledge, there are no publications summarizing what is known about using chatbots for public health yet. The objective of this work is to provide an overview of the existing scientific literature on the use of chatbots for public health, for which purpose have chatbots ...