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Mobile health (mHealth) for headache disorders: A review of the evidence base

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, October 2016
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Title
Mobile health (mHealth) for headache disorders: A review of the evidence base
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Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, October 2016
DOI 10.1177/1357633x16673275
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Mahsa Mosadeghi-Nik, Marzyeh S Askari, Farhad Fatehi

Abstract

The aim of this review was to explore and summarise the evidence base for using mobile apps for the management of headache disorders. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Scopus were searched for studies reporting the use of mobile health applications (apps) for managing headache disorders. Different combinations of keywords for mobile health, smartphone and headache were used for electronic search. Six studies (two journal papers and four conference papers) met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. All of the reviewed studies were categorised as the lowest level (level IV) of evidence according to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) hierarchy of evidence. The results of the studies demonstrated the feasibility and acceptability of a few mobile apps for headache in very limited settings, and indicated that these apps can be effective tools for identifying trigger factors of migraine, improving self-management of headache disorders, and mediating the interactions between headache sufferers and their treating doctors. The role of participatory research and involvement of patients and clinicians in the development of such apps was also highlighted. Despite the availability of numerous mobile apps for headache disorders, the evidence base to support their effectiveness and clinical safety is very weak. The current literature indicates that mobile apps have the potential for improving the care of headache sufferers, but this is yet to be proven by adequately designed studies.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 80 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 22%
Researcher 11 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 13%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Other 4 5%
Other 15 18%
Unknown 17 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 15%
Computer Science 9 11%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Psychology 4 5%
Other 17 21%
Unknown 17 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 November 2016.
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#14,871,791
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#815
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#82
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