Frontiers in digital health

BackgroundGrowing evidence suggests that structured preoperative education and close postoperative monitoring improve surgical outcomes. Digital health solutions may facilitate the large-scale implementation of perioperative optimization pa…

IntroductionThe Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) provides a unified framework cataloguing over 17,500 phenotypic abnormalities across more than 8,600 rare diseases, defining hierarchical relationships between them. For example, classifying mi…

BackgroundAdvances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping healthcare delivery, with AI increasingly integrated into nursing practice. These innovations promise enhanced diagnostic precision, improved operatio…

ObjectiveTo synthesize qualitative evidence, using the framework analysis method, on how participating in a digital storytelling workshop shapes the storytellers' health attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.MethodsWe conducted a meta-sy…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis (EMs) and adenomyosis (AD) are common gynecological diseases that impact women's health, and they share symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, chronic pain, and infertility, which adversely affect women's quality of life…

BackgroundDigital therapeutics (DTx) in the form of mobile health (mHealth) self-management programs have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing disease activity across various diseases, including fibromyalgia and arthritis. However, the co…

IntroductionArtificial intelligence (AI) models trained on audio data may have the potential to rapidly perform clinical tasks, enhancing medical decision-making and potentially improving outcomes through early detection. Existing technolog…

BackgroundConflicting reports from varying stakeholders related to prognosis and outcomes following placement of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants gave rise to the development of the TMJ Patient-Led RoundTable initiative. Following an …

ContextDigital health applications that support patients in managing their condition can have a positive impact on patients' health and improve the overall care process. In late 2019, as the first country worldwide, Germany included digital…

Endometriosis is a chronic, complex disease for which there are vast disparities in diagnosis and treatment between sociodemographic groups. Clinical presentation of endometriosis can vary from asymptomatic disease-often identified during (…

ObjectiveTiming for sexual intercourse is important in achieving pregnancy in natural menstrual cycles. Different methods of detecting the fertile window have been invented, among them luteinization hormone (LH) to predict ovulation and bip…

Chronic pelvic pain affects one in seven women worldwide, and there is an urgent need to reduce its associated significant costs and to improve women's health. There are many correlated factors associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), and…