Mobile Health Self-management Support for Spinal Cord Injury: Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-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.

Objective

The objective of this systematic literature review was to identify mHealth SMS tools for SCI and summarize their characteristics and approaches to offering SMS.

Methods

A systematic review of the literature published between January 2010 and March 2022 was conducted across 8 bibliographic databases. The data synthesis was guided

SUBMITTER: Bernard RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature