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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT

Kapil Sayal, Laura Wyatt, Louise Thomson, Grace Holt et al. • Health Technology Assessment (2025)

Background Emotional disorders are common in children and young people and can significantly impair their quality of life. Evidence-based treatments require a timely and appropriate diagnosis. The utility of standardised diagnostic assessme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/GJKS0519

The effectiveness of M-health technologies for improving health and health services: a systematic review protocol

Caroline Free, Gemma Phillips, Lambert M. Felix, Leandro Galli et al. • BMC Research Notes (2010)

BACKGROUND: The application of mobile computing and communication technology is rapidly expanding in the fields of health care and public health. This systematic review will summarise the evidence for the effectiveness of mobile technology ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-250 PMC: 2976743

Barriers and facilitators to utilizing digital health technologies by healthcare professionals

Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Lenny Vasanthan, Edson Zangiacomí Martínez et al. • npj Digital Medicine (2023)

Abstract Digital technologies change the healthcare environment, with several studies suggesting barriers and facilitators to using digital interventions by healthcare professionals (HPs). We consolidated the evidence from existing systemat...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00899-4 PMC: 10507089

Health technology innovations

R. F. L. Azevedo • Gerontechnology (2022)

The global pandemic has drastically impacted older adults in numerous ways (e.g., loneliness; age discrimination; mental and physical health; limited access to traditional health care).On the other hand, it may have accelerated the general ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.593.sp3

The effects of women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children in Nigeria using the 2018 demographic health survey

Ademola Akinlade, Mercy Olateju, Mayowa Salami, Oluwaseyifunmi Akinlade et al. • Babcock University Medical Journal (2026)

Objectives: The empowerment of women critically influences child nutrition in Nigeria, where malnutrition remains a major public health challenge. This study examines the relationship between dimensions of women’s empowerment, economic, edu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v9i3.1114

Health technology assessment

E D Carter, J H Abramson • Clinical Governance An International Journal (2008)

Reports are published in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HTA programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors.Reviews in Health Tec...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/cgij.2008.24813bae.001

Health technology assessment in mental health services

Narendra Javadekar, Archana Javadekar, Deepa Thakur • Industrial Psychiatry Journal (2024)

Mental illnesses have a significant impact on the lives of people not only because of their morbidity but also because of their noticeable impact on economic wellbeing. Out-of-pocket expenditure for mental healthcare services is significant...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_155_24

Effect of Interactive eHealth Interventions on Improving Medication Adherence in Adults With Long-Term Medication: Systematic Review

Pouls, Bart P H, Vriezekolk, Johanna E, Bekker, Charlotte L, Linn, Annemiek J et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundMedication nonadherence leads to suboptimal treatment outcomes, making it a major priority in health care. eHealth provides an opportunity to offer medication adherence interventions with minimal effort from health care providers ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/18901

Exploring barriers and enablers to implementing a digital mental health crisis risk mitigation pathway in acute paediatric care: A multi-site, exploratory mixed-methods study

Takawira C Marufu, Jane Coad, Zaki Albelbisi, Tim Carter et al. • Digital Health (2026)

Objective Children and young people (CYP) presenting in mental health crisis to acute paediatric settings represent a growing clinical and system-level challenge. These environments, primarily designed for physical healthcare, frequently la...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076261431890

Association between social health status and health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly in Zhejiang

Jieming Lu, Zhebin Yu, Xiaocong Zhang, Mengyin Wu et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background Population aging is an inevitable trend and previous studies have showed the relationship between social health related factors and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in the elderly. The objective of this study is t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01358-4

The effect of structured medication review followed by face-to-face feedback to prescribers on adverse drug events recognition and prevention in older inpatients – a multicenter interrupted time series study

Joanna E. Klopotowska, Paul F. M. Kuks, Peter C. Wierenga, Clementine C. M. Stuijt et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2022)

Abstract Background The effectiveness of interventions to improve medication safety in older inpatients is unclear, given a paucity of properly designed intervention studies applying clinically relevant endpoints such as hospital-acquired p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03118-z

Metabolic Flexibility to Predict Lifestyle Interventions Outcomes (MEPHISTO): Protocol for Predictive Validation Study and Randomized Controlled Trial

Monika Ludlova, Kateřina Koudelková, Jitka Pallova, Barbora Koudelkova et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundWeight loss is a cornerstone of obesity treatment and diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) prevention, but its implementation in clinical practice is limited by its perceived burden and variability in response. Personalizing interventio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/67570

Effectiveness and Related Factors of Narrative Messages in Correcting Health-Related Misinformation: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Hiroko Okada, Rie Yokota • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundThe internet and social media have become essential sources of health information for patients and citizens; however, they often disseminate misinformation that lacks scientific evidence. Health-related misinformation can undermin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/69414

Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol

Siân Lowri Griffiths, Graham K Murray, Yanakan Logeswaran, John Ainsworth et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2024)

BackgroundEarly intervention in psychosis (EIP) services are nationally mandated in England to provide multidisciplinary care to people experiencing first-episode psychosis, which disproportionately affects deprived and ethnic minority yout...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/50177

Behind the scars: adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury disorder show profound personality pathology

Manuela Gander, Kirstin Goth, Josef Fritz, Kathrin Sevecke • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (2026)

Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury is a significant clinical concern in adolescent psychiatry and frequently co-occurs with a range of psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13034-026-01075-8

Dataset on Women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia

Progress H. Nyanga, Bridget Bwalya Umar, Douty Chibamba, Wilma S. Nchito • Data in Brief (2020)

A survey was conducted with 235 randomly selected households to investigate women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia [1] for aid programmes with (Norwegian) and without (Chinese) women empowerm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106113

From Connectivity to Controllability: Unraveling the Brain Biomarkers of Major Depressive Disorder

Chunyu Pan, Ying Ma, Lifei Wang, Yan Zhang et al. • Brain Sciences (2024)

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a significant neurological condition associated with aberrations in brain functional networks. Traditional studies have predominantly analyzed these from a network topology perspective. However, given the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14050509

Dataset on perception of public college students on underage drinking in Nigeria

Olujide A. Adekeye, Emmanuel O. Amoo, Sussan O. Adeusi, Olufunke O. Chenube et al. • Data in Brief (2019)

Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among youths in Nigeria. Underage drinking poses a serious public health problem in most colleges and despite the health and safety risk, consumption of alcohol is rising. Having recourse t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103930

Trends in Proportion of Delirium Among Older Emergency Department Patients in South Korea, 2017–2022

Jeongmin Moon, Seonji Kim, Daesung Lim, Ho Kyung Sung et al. • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2025)

Introduction: Delirium is a critical neuropsychiatric condition that surged among older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, likely due to social isolation resulting from distancing measures. In this study we exam...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5811/westjem.41507

“I think it's something that we should lean in to”: The use of OpenNotes in Canadian psychiatric care contexts by clinicians

Iman Kassam, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Keri Durocher, Brian Lo et al. • Digital Health (2022)

Background OpenNotes is the concept of patients having access to their health records and clinical notes in a digital form. In psychiatric settings, clinicians often feel uncomfortable with this concept, and require support during implement...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076221144106