• App Features for Type 1 Diabetes Support and Patient Empowerment: Systematic Literature Review and Benchmark Comparison 

      Martínez-Millana, Antonio; Jarones, Elena; Fernandez-Llatas, Carlos; Hartvigsen, Gunnar; Traver, Vicente (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Research in type 1 diabetes management has increased exponentially since the irruption of mobile health apps for its remote and self-management. Despite this fact, the features affect in the disease management and patient empowerment are adopted by app makers and provided to the general population remain unexplored.</p> <p><i>Objective</i>: To study the gap between literature ...
    • Are health videos from hospitals, health organizations, and active users available to health consumers? An analysis of diabetes health video ranking in YouTube 

      Fernandez-Llatas, Carlos; Traver, Vicente; Morell, José Enrique Borrás; Martinez-Millana, Antonio; Karlsen, Randi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-24)
      Health consumers are increasingly using the Internet to search for health information. The existence of overloaded, inaccurate, obsolete, or simply incorrect health information available on the Internet is a serious obstacle for finding relevant and good-quality data that actually helps patients. Search engines of multimedia Internet platforms are thought to help users to find relevant information ...
    • Combining multivariate statistics and the think-aloud protocol to assess Human-Computer Interaction barriers in symptom checkers 

      Marco-Ruiz, Luis; Bønes, Erlend; de la Asuncion Gonzalez, Estela; Gabarron, Elia; Solis, Juan Carlos Aviles; Lee, Eunji; Traver, Vicente; Sato, Keiichi; Bellika, Johan Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-09)
      Symptom checkers are software tools that allow users to submit a set of symptoms and receive advice related to them in the form of a diagnosis list, health information or triage. The heterogeneity of their potential users and the number of different components in their user interfaces can make testing with end-users unaffordable. We designed and executed a two-phase method to test the respiratory ...
    • Motivating Physical Activity for Individuals with Intellectual Disability through Indoor Bike Cycling and Exergaming 

      Martinez-Millana, Antonio; Michalsen, Henriette; Berg, Valter; Anke, Audny Gabriele Wagner; Martinez, Santiago; Muzny, Miroslav; Torrado, Juan Carlos; Gomez, Javier; Traver, Vicente; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Hartvigsen, Gunnar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-02)
      People with intellectual disabilities have more sedentary lifestyles than the general population. Regular physical activity is of both medical and social importance, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and promoting functioning in everyday life. Exergames have been envisioned for promoting physical activity; however, most of them are not user-friendly for individuals with intellectual ...
    • Special issue on e-health services 

      Wynn, Rolf; Gabarron, Elia; Johnsen, Jan-Are Kolset; Traver, Vicente (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-22)
      The importance of e-health to citizens, patients, health providers, governments, and other stakeholders is rapidly increasing. E-health services have a range of advantages. For instance, e-health may improve access to services, reduce costs, and improve self-management. E-health may allow previously underserved populations to gain access to services. Services utilizing apps, social media, or online ...