scholarly journals Mobile Phone Assessment in Egocentric Networks: A Pilot Study on Gay Men and Their Peers

Connections ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Scott Comulada ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Egocentric Networks

A pilot study: dose adaptation of capecitabine using mobile phone toxicity monitoring — supporting patients in their homes

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 2677-2685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Weaver ◽  
Sharon B. Love ◽  
Mark Larsen ◽  
Milensu Shanyinde ◽  
Rachel Waters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Dose Adaptation ◽  
Toxicity Monitoring ◽  
Study Dose

A pilot study of mobile phone-based therapy for obese patients

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Morak ◽  
Karin Schindler ◽  
Evelin Goerzer ◽  
Peter Kastner ◽  
Hermann Toplak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Obese Patients

scholarly journals Development and Local Contextualization of Mobile Health Messages for Enhancing Disease Management Among Community-Dwelling Stroke Patients in Rural China: Multimethod Study

10.2196/15758 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e15758
Author(s):  
Enying Gong ◽  
Wanbing Gu ◽  
Erdan Luo ◽  
Liwei Tan ◽  
Julian Donovan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Dispatching Algorithm ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background Rural China has experienced an increasing health burden because of stroke. Stroke patients in rural communities have relatively poor awareness of and adherence to evidence-based secondary prevention and self-management of stroke. Mobile technology represents an innovative way to influence patient behaviors and improve their self-management. Objective This study is part of the System-Integrated Technology-Enabled Model of Care (the SINEMA trial) to improve the health of stroke patients in resource-poor settings in China. This study aimed to develop and pilot-test a mobile phone message–based package, as a component of the SINEMA intervention. Methods The SINEMA trial was conducted in Nanhe County, Hebei Province, China. A total of 4 villages were selected for pretrial contextual research and pilot study. The 5 stages for developing the mobile phone messages were as follows: (1) conducting literature review on existing message banks and analyzing the characteristics of these banks; (2) interviewing stroke patients and caregivers to identify their needs; (3) drafting message contents and designing dispatching algorithms for a 3-month pilot testing; (4) collecting feedback from pilot participants through questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews on facilitators and barriers related to their acceptance and understanding of messages; and (5) finalizing the message-based intervention based on participants’ feedback for the SINEMA trial. Results On the basis of 5 existing message banks screened out of 120 papers and patients’ needs identified from 32 in-depth interviews among stroke patients and caregivers, we developed a message bank containing 224 messages for a pilot study among 54 community-dwelling stroke patients from 4 villages. Of 54 participants, 51 (response rate: 94.4%) completed the feedback survey after receiving daily messages for 3 months. Participants’ mean age was 68 years (SD 9.2), and about half had never been to school. We observed a higher proportion of participants who were in favor of voice messages (23/42, 54%) than text messages (14/40, 35%). Among participants who received voice messages (n=43) and text messages (n=40), 41 and 30, respectively, self-reported a full or partial understanding of the contents, and 39 (39/43, 91%) and 32 (32/40, 80%), respectively, rated the messages as helpful. Analyses of the 32 interviews further revealed that voice messages containing simple and single-theme content, in plain language, with a repeated structure, a slow playback speed, and recorded in local dialect, were preferred by rural stroke patients. In addition, the dispatching algorithm and tools may also influence the acceptance of message-based interventions. Conclusions By applying multiple methodologies and conducting a pilot study, we designed and fine-tuned a voice message–based intervention package for promoting secondary prevention among community-dwelling stroke patients in rural China. Design of the content and dispatching algorithm should engage both experts and end users and adequately consider the needs and preferences of recipients.

Smartphone-Based Travel Survey

2014 ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianyu Jianchuan ◽  
Juan Zhicai ◽  
Xiao Guangnian ◽  
Fu Xuemei
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Gps Data ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Travel Survey ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Transportation Modeling

This chapter describes a smartphone-based prompted recall travel survey that aims to collect more accurate data for transportation modeling. It details the design and implementation of the survey, including the smartphone app for the Android platform, the mobile phone-based prompted recall method, and the management, manipulation, and analysis of GPS data for trip characteristics imputation. The survey commenced in October 2013 and was a person-based pilot study designed to be collected over a week. Although it did not provide a statistically representative sample, the overall experience helps establish the various parameters and procedures for the development of surveys with similar initiatives. The chapter concludes with findings and lessons learned from this smartphone-based travel survey and suggestions for how future smartphone-based surveys might be prepared and conducted.

scholarly journals Queer Quit: A pilot study of a smoking cessation programme tailored to gay men

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Dickson-Spillmann ◽  
R Sullivan ◽  
B Zahno ◽  
MP Schaub
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Smoking Cessation Programme

scholarly journals A Pilot Study Assessing Aspects of Sexual Function Predicted to Be Important After Treatment for Prostate Cancer in Gay Men: An Underserved Domain Highlighted

LGBT Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Channa Amarasekera ◽  
Vincent Wong ◽  
Kathryn Jackson ◽  
Emily Yura ◽  
Mehul Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Gay Men
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