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. 2023 Dec 18;25:e50342. doi: 10.2196/50342

Table 4.

Overview of conference papers (n=9) included in the scoping review.

Author, country Study objective Study design Medical field App type User
Ameko et al [13], the United States Develop a treatment recommendation system for emotion regulation using data from participants with high social anxiety to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies. Quantitative research: experiment Emotion regulation Health self-management Consumers
Baldauf et al [51], Switzerland and Austria Conduct an online survey to investigate consumers’ overall willingness to use, trust factors, and desired characteristics for 4 types of AIa-powered self-diagnosis apps with different data collection and processing methods. Quantitative research: questionnaire Skin disease, pneumonia, heart disease, sleep problems Diagnosis Consumers
Gupta et al [40], India Develop a prediagnosis system that predicts potential diseases based on a patient’s symptoms and physical measurements. Quantitative research: case analysis General practice Diagnosis Consumers
Iqbal et al [42], India Propose a new AI-based model for active surveillance of COVID-19. Quantitative research: case analysis COVID-19 Diagnosis Consumers, health departments
Oniani et al [35], the United States Use a language model to automatically answer COVID-19–related queries and conduct qualitative evaluations. Qualitative research: expert assessment COVID-19 Health care information inquiry Consumers
Park et al [44], Korea Develop a real-time monitoring system for stroke attacks based on Internet of Things sensors and machine learning technology. Quantitative research: case analysis Stroke Health self-management Consumers, health departments
Su et al [36], the United States Examine how AI is explained in the descriptions of 40 prevalent mobile health (mHealth) apps that claim to use AI, as well as how consumers perceive these apps. Systematic review Fitness, mental health, meditation and sleep, nutrition and diet, pregnancy or menstruation tracking Diagnosis, health self-management, health care information inquiry Consumers
Sellak et al [50], Australia Design a model aimed at understanding how to design digital health interventions that can change lives, as well as which software design components enhance consumers’ acceptance, adherence, and sustained engagement. Quantitative research: case analysis Fitness Health self-management Consumers
Tsai et al [38], the United States Examine how explanations can be used to improve the diagnostic transparency of online symptom checkers. Mixed methods study: interview, experiment, questionnaire COVID-19 Diagnosis Consumers

aAI: artificial intelligence.