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. 2023 Mar 16;25:e44209. doi: 10.2196/44209

Table 2.

Relevant aspects of the included studies.

Variable Frequency Citation
Level of socioeconomic development in the study country


Middle-income country 8 [37-42,45,46]

High-income country 3 [43,44,47]
Study design


Qualitative study 9 [37,39-42,44-47]

Quasiexperimental study 1 [44]

Multisite trial 1 [42]
Disease addressed in the study


Diabetes 7 [38,39,41,43,45-47]

Diabetes and hypertension 1 [44]

Chronic diseases 3 [37,40,42]
Digital tool used for telehealtha


Video 2 [37,45]

App 3 [38,43,45]

Smartphone 3 [39,43,46]

Digital platform 2 [40,42]

Website 1 [41]

Visual media 3 [37,38,45]

Clinical decision support system 1 [44]

Cloud-based mobile tool 2 [45,47]

Mobile health tool 1 [46]

Internet-based interactive support system 2 [39,45]

Email/WhatsApp message 1 [45]

aMultiple tools have been used in individual studies.