SynthesisJMIR mHealth and uHealth2023
Mobile Health Self-management Support for Spinal Cord Injury: Systematic Literature Review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring the experience and needs of telerehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research.Spinal cord · 2026Pooled it
- Self-Management Support Apps for Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Systematic Search in App Stores and Mobile App Rating Scale Evaluation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating nurse-led self-regulation in multiple sclerosis management with an interactive web-based program: a randomized controlled trial.Health education research · 2026Trial
- Trajectories and predictors of self-care from pre-discharge to 12 months after discharge in people with spinal cord injury: a longitudinal study using growth mixture modeling.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Deciphering hub genes and immune landscapes related to neutrophil extracellular traps in spinal cord injury: insights from integrated bioinformatics analyses and experiments.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Development of a Mobile Application for the Self-Management of Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Identification and Analysis of Key Requirements.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Development and Evaluation of a Persian-Language Self-Management Mobile Application for People With Spinal Cord Injury.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- History of Clinical Services, Medical Training, and Research for Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders in the United States Veterans Health Administration.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- Experiences of Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury With Self-Tracking and Commercial Self-Tracking Technology ("In Our World, Calories Are Very Important"): Qualitative Interview Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- The Patient Persona of the Self-Management Experience of Home-Based Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Qualitative Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Research on the impact of health empowerment on self-management in older patients with chronic disease: based on chain mediating effect analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A sociotechnical framework to assess patient-facing eHealth tools: results of a modified Delphi process.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- Facilitators and barriers to mobile health adoption among older adults with hip fractures: A systematic review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-management plays a critical role in maintaining and improving the health of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Despite their potential, existing mobile health (mHealth) self-management support (SMS) tools for SCI have not been comprehensively described in terms of their characteristics and approaches. It is important to have an overview of these tools to know how best to select, further develop, and improve them.
objectiveThe objective of this systematic literature review was to identify mHealth SMS tools for SCI and summarize their characteristics and approaches to offering SMS.
methodsA systematic review of the literature published between January 2010 and March 2022 was conducted across 8 bibliographic databases. The data synthesis was guided by the self-management task taxonomy by Corbin and Strauss, the self-management skill taxonomy by Lorig and Holman, and the Practical Reviews in Self-Management Support taxonomy. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) standards guided the reporting.
resultsA total of 24 publications reporting on 19 mHealth SMS tools for SCI were included. These tools were introduced from 2015 onward and used various mHealth technologies and multimedia formats to provide SMS using 9 methods identified by the Practical Reviews in Self-Management Support taxonomy (eg, social support and lifestyle advice and support). The identified tools focused on common SCI self-management areas (eg, bowel, bladder, and pain management) and overlooked areas such as sexual dysfunction problems and environmental problems, including barriers in the built environment. Most tools (12/19, 63%) unexpectedly supported a single self-management task instead of all 3 tasks (ie, medical, role, and emotional management), and emotional management tasks had very little support. All self-management skills (eg, problem-solving, decision-making, and action planning) had coverage, but a single tool addressed resource use. The identified mHealth SMS tools were similar in terms of number, introduction period, geographical distribution, and technical sophistication compared with SMS tools for other chronic conditions.
conclusionsThis systematic literature review provides one of the first descriptions of mHealth SMS tools for SCI in terms of their characteristics and approaches to offering SMS. This study's findings highlight a need for increased coverage of key SMS for SCI components; adopting comparable usability, user experience, and accessibility evaluation methods; and related research to provide more detailed reporting. Future research should consider other data sources such as app stores and technology-centric bibliographic databases to complement this compilation by identifying other possibly overlooked mHealth SMS tools. A consideration of this study's findings is expected to support the selection, development, and improvement of mHealth SMS tools for SCI.
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