PALLIATIVE CARE FOR RHEUMATOLOGYСAL PATIENTS WITH CO-MORBIDITY by Zhdan V. M., Babanina M. Yu., Kitura Ye. M., Kyrian O. A., Tkachenko M. V., Volchenko G. V.

“…NSAIDs are the most popular tool of analgesic therapy in medical practice due to the combination of efficiency, safety, availability and ease of use. Opioids are used for moderate or severe chronic pain in a patient with an incurable form of the disease. …”
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Lung CT stabilization with high-frequency non-invasive ventilation (HF-NIV) and breath-hold (BH) in lung nodule assessment by PET/CT by Mario Jreige, Emeline Darçot, Alban Lovis, Julien Simons, Marie Nicod-Lalonde, Niklaus Schaefer, Flore Buela, Olivier Long, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, John O. Prior

“…The addition of BH or HF-NIV to PET/CT can help improve the detection and texture characterization of lung nodules by CT, therefore improving the accuracy of oncological lung disease assessment. The ease of use of BH and its added value should prompt its use in routine practice.…”
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Patients' experiences of, and engagement with, remote home monitoring services for COVID‐19 patients: A rapid mixed‐methods study by Holly Walton, Cecilia Vindrola‐Padros, Nadia E. Crellin, Manbinder S. Sidhu, Lauren Herlitz, Ian Litchfield, Jo Ellins, Pei Li Ng, Efthalia Massou, Sonila M. Tomini, Naomi J. Fulop

“…Engagement was influenced by patient factors such as health and knowledge, support from family/friends and staff, availability and ease of use of informational and material resources (e.g., equipment) and service factors. …”
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Pilot feasibility study of a digital technology approach to the systematic electronic capture of parent-reported data on cognitive and language development in children aged 2 years by Neena Modi, Samantha Johnson, Sunit Godambe, Elizabeth Lek, Victoria Cornelius, Anusha Arasu, Becky Moss, Kayleigh Ougham, Ricardo Ribas, Enitan Ogundipe, Edit Fukari-Irvine, Nora Tusor, Nayan Das, Abinithya Udayakumaran, Victor Banda, Steve Wardle, Amanda Bravery

“…Parents could save and print a copy of the results. We evaluated ease of use, parent acceptability, consent for data sharing through integration into a research database and making results available to the clinical team.Results Clinical staff approached the parents of 41 infants; 38 completed the e-registration form and 30 signed the e-consent. …”
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Self-adopted ‘natural users’ of liquid petroleum gas for household cooking by pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: characteristics of high use and opportunities for intervention by Sk Masum Billah, Sajia Islam, Fariha Tasnim, Ashraful Alam, Shams El Arifeen, Camille Raynes-Greenow

“…Women’s perception that LPG alleviated breathing difficulties was associated with high-use of LPG cooking, as was household wealth and ease of use. Women who reported to use LPG only for emergency purposes were less likely to be high users. …”
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A Shape-Adaptive Gallic Acid Driven Multifunctional Adhesive Hydrogel Loaded with Scolopin2 for Wound Repair by Huan Chen, Tingting Zheng, Chenyang Wu, Jinrui Wang, Fan Ye, Mengyao Cui, Shuhui Sun, Yun Zhang, Ying Li, Zhengqi Dong

“…Once adhered to the wound, the precursor solution becomes both a physically and covalently cross-linked network hydrogel, which has potential advantages for wound healing with ease of use, external environment-isolating, and minimal tissue damage. …”
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Real-Time Telerehabilitation in Older Adults With Musculoskeletal Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Nathaphon Jirasakulsuk, Pattaridaporn Saengpromma, Santhanee Khruakhorn

“…Results suggested that the use of smartphones for TR is driven by ease of use among older adults. We encourage future studies in areas related to rehabilitation in older adults, in addition to examination of physical performance outcomes, to gain additional knowledge about comprehensive care. …”
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The Polarization of Clinician and Service Staff Perspectives After the Use of Health Information Technology in Youth Mental Health Services: Implementation and Evaluation Study by Sarah McKenna, Sarah Piper, William Capon, Alison Crowley, Lucas Lira, Haley M LaMonica, Min Kyung Chong, Elizabeth Scott, Ian Hickie, Frank Iorfino

“…It seems that the uptake of HIT is heavily influenced by a clinician’s underlying beliefs and attitudes toward clinical practice in general as well as the role of technology, rather than their knowledge or the ease of use of the HIT in question.…”
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Case report: High-resolution, intra-operative µDoppler-imaging of spinal cord hemangioblastoma by Sadaf Soloukey, Sadaf Soloukey, Luuk Verhoef, Bastian S. Generowicz, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Sebastiaan K. E. Koekkoek, Arnaud J. P. E. Vincent, Clemens M. F. Dirven, Biswadjiet S. Harhangi, Biswadjiet S. Harhangi, Pieter Kruizinga

“…For a while now, spinal cord surgeons have adopted ultrasound and its submodalities such as Doppler and CEUS as intra-operative techniques, given their many benefits such as real-time feedback, mobility and ease of use. However, for highly vascularized lesions such as hemangioblastomas, which contain up to capillary-level microvasculature, having access to higher-resolution intra-operative vascular imaging could potentially be highly beneficial. µDoppler-imaging is a new imaging modality especially fit for high-resolution hemodynamic imaging. …”
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End Users’ and Other Stakeholders’ Needs and Requirements in the Development of a Personalized Integrated Care Platform (PROCare4Life) for Older People With Dementia or Parkinson D... by Mona Ahmed, Mayca Marín, Daniella How, Elda Judica, Peppino Tropea, Ellen Bentlage, Joaquim J Ferreira, Raquel Bouça-Machado, Michael Brach

“…Alerts for adverse events, communication tools, reminders, and monitoring are constantly needed functionalities, whereas ease of use, personalization, and user-friendliness are foreseen as necessary features. …”
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Evaluating User Experience With a Chatbot Designed as a Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Mixed Methods Study by Bruno Azevedo Chagas, Adriana Silvina Pagano, Raquel Oliveira Prates, Elisa Cordeiro Praes, Kícila Ferreguetti, Helena Vaz, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Leonardo Bonisson Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Thais Marques Pedroso, Alline Beleigoli, Clara Rodrigues Alves Oliveira, Milena Soriano Marcolino

“…ResultsUsability assessment with 63 users revealed very good scores for chatbot usefulness (4.57), likelihood of being recommended (4.48), ease of use (4.44), and user satisfaction (4.38). Interviews with 15 volunteers provided insights into the strengths and shortcomings of our bot. …”
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Trypanosoma cruzi antigen detection in blood to assess treatment efficacy and cure in mice models of Chagas disease by Fernanda Fortes de Araujo, Rana Nagarkatti, Ana Lia Mazzeti, Karolina Ribeiro Gonçalves, Lívia de Figueiredo Diniz, Isabela Campos do Vale, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Alain Debrabant, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho

“…Further, the combination of high sensitivity and ease of use make this parasite antigen detection assay an attractive new tool to facilitate the development of much needed new therapies for CD.…”
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Tools for Evaluating the Content, Efficacy, and Usability of Mobile Health Apps According to the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments: Syst... by Antonio Muro-Culebras, Adrian Escriche-Escuder, Jaime Martin-Martin, Cristina Roldán-Jiménez, Irene De-Torres, Maria Ruiz-Muñoz, Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez, Fermin Mayoral-Cleries, Attila Biró, Wen Tang, Borjanka Nikolova, Alfredo Salvatore, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas

“…ConclusionsThe Health Information Technology Usability Evaluation Scale and the Measurement Scales for Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use were the most validated tools, but they were very focused on usability. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Advanced Wound Dressings in Split-Thickness Skin Grafting Donor Sites—A Personalized Approach? by Andrzej Hecker, David Benjamin Lumenta, Petra Brinskelle, Isabelle Sawetz, Andreas Steiner, Birgit Michelitsch, Herwig Friedl, Daniel Gmainer, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Raimund Winter

“…Methods: A total of 46 patients scheduled for elective surgery were evaluated on the STSG donor site for wound healing (time-to-healing, Hollander Wound Evaluation Scale), pain level (Visual Analogue Scale), and handling (ease of use), as well as scar quality (Patient Scar Assessment Scale, Vancouver Scar Scale) after 3, 6 and 12 months. …”
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Site effects how-to and when: An overview of retrospective techniques to accommodate site effects in multi-site neuroimaging analyses by Johanna M. M. Bayer, Johanna M. M. Bayer, Paul M. Thompson, Christopher R. K. Ching, Mengting Liu, Andrew Chen, Andrew Chen, Alana C. Panzenhagen, Alana C. Panzenhagen, Neda Jahanshad, Andre Marquand, Lianne Schmaal, Lianne Schmaal, Philipp G. Sämann

“…We provide information on software availability and comment on the ease of use and the applicability of these methods to different types of data. …”
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PlanktoScope: Affordable Modular Quantitative Imaging Platform for Citizen Oceanography by Thibaut Pollina, Thibaut Pollina, Adam G. Larson, Adam G. Larson, Fabien Lombard, Fabien Lombard, Fabien Lombard, Fabien Lombard, Hongquan Li, David Le Guen, Sébastien Colin, Sébastien Colin, Colomban de Vargas, Colomban de Vargas, Colomban de Vargas, Manu Prakash, Manu Prakash

“…The PlanktoScope’s small size, ease of use, and low cost - under $1000 in parts - enable its deployment for customizable monitoring of laboratory cultures or natural micro-plankton communities. …”
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Popular Evidence-Based Commercial Mental Health Apps: Analysis of Engagement, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Information Quality by Nancy Lau, Alison O'Daffer, Joyce P Yi-Frazier, Abby R Rosenberg

“…In addition to designing treatments that work, we recommend that researchers prioritize aspects of app design that impact the user experience for engagement and sustainability (eg, ease of use, navigation, visual appeal). This will help translate evidence-based interventions to the competitive consumer app market, thus bridging the gap between research development and real-world implementation.…”
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Integrated Decision Support Systems (IDSS) for Dairy Farming: A Discussion on How to Improve Their Sustained Adoption by Michel Baldin, Tom Breunig, Roger Cue, Albert De Vries, Mark Doornink, Jan Drevenak, Robert Fourdraine, Regi George, Robert Goodling, Randall Greenfield, Matthew W. Jorgensen, Andy Lenkaitis, Doug Reinemann, Amit Saha, Chakra Sankaraiah, Saleh Shahinfar, Cori Siberski, Kevin M. Wade, Fan Zhang, Liliana Fadul-Pacheco, Steven Wangen, Tadeu E. da Silva, Victor E. Cabrera

“…The main barriers to adoption discussed include perceived lack of a good value proposition, complexities of practical application, and ease of use; and IDSS challenges related to data collection, data standards, data integration, and data shareability. …”
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Performance of an eHealth (NOMHAD) System Comprising Telemonitoring, Telenotification, and Telecoaching for Patients With Multimorbidity: Proof-of-Concept Study by Mathieu Chacornac, Aurélien Faoro, Joëlle Texereau, Catherine Billoet, Stéphane Hominal

“…Technical accuracy of the system was assessed by comparing system-generated ORIs with ORIs recalculated from raw data. Ease of use, usefulness, satisfaction, and acceptability of the system were assessed through patient adherence to self-assessments, and through self-administered questionnaires to patients, call center nurses, and physicians. …”
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Comprehensive Senior Technology Acceptance Model of Daily Living Assistive Technology for Older Adults With Frailty: Cross-sectional Study by Hye Ri Shin, Sa Rang Um, Hee Jeong Yoon, Eun Young Choi, Won Chul Shin, Hee Yun Lee, Young Sun Kim

“…Third and last, attitudinal factors consisted of behavioral intention to use assistive technologies, attitude toward use, perceived usefulness (PU), and perceived ease of use (PEOU). ResultsThe results of the analyses showed that technological context factors such as gerontechnology self-efficacy, health contexts and abilities such as self-reported health conditions and psychological function, and attitudinal factors such as attitude toward use, PU, and PEOU had significant effects on behavioral intention to use daily living assistive technologies. …”
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