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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Health Informatics J. 2020 Jun 20;26(4):2689–2706. doi: 10.1177/1460458220928184

Table 1.

Characteristics of included publications.

Title Authors Quality Year Country Patient Population Provider Population Caregiver Population PGHD Types
Barriers and benefits to using mobile health technology after operation: a qualitative study Abelson et al.43 4 2017 USA 800 Phone survey respondents N/A N/A N/A
Beyond self-monitoring: understanding non-functional aspects of home-based healthcare technology Gronvall and Verdezoto44 3 2013 Denmark 6 Pregnant women with complications 7 Older adults with heart conditions 6 Healthy self-monitoring older adults 1 midwife for pregnant patients Unknown number hospital nurses for patients with heart conditions N/A Pregnant women: Weight, blood pressure, pulse, CTG, urine protein levels, online questionnaire Heart condition patients: Weight, blood pressure, pulse, symptom survey, ECG data (subset of participants) Health older adults: Blood pressure
“My Doctor is Keeping an Eye on Me!”: exploring the clinical applicability of a mobile food logger Kim et al.45 3 2016 South Korea 20 Patients with lifestyle diseases (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, heart disease) otorhinolarynologist family medicine physicians 1 OBGYN 1 rehabilitation physician 1 urologist N/A Food intake, perceptions of post-meal fullness, meal contexts, meal time, activity levels, and activity trackers
Boundary negotiating artifacts in personal informatics: patient- provider collaboration with patient-generated data Chung et al.46 3 2016 USA 21 1 Surveyed patients who were overweight, obese, or diagnosed with IBS Interviews: 7 Overweight/obese patients 2 Patients diagnosed with IBS 9 Overweight/obese patients diagnosed with IBS family medicine physicians 5 gastroenterologists dieticians 1 behavioral psychologist 1 APRN 1 health navigator N/A Food intake, calorie intake, physical activity levels, weight, heart rates, sleep quality, pain levels, medication use, bowel movement, stress, fatigue, nausea.
Evaluation of a web-based asthma self-management system: a randomized controlled pilot trial Wiecha et al.47 3 2015 USA 58 Children ages 9–17 diagnosed with persistent asthma Unknown number of primary care providers Unknown number of asthma nurses or asthma specialists Parent or guardian of children participants Peak flow readings, symptoms (e.g. cough, wheeze, shortness of breath), contextual data (e.g. activity limitations, missed school, ED visits), medication use
Information technology supporting diabetes self-care: a pilot study Halkoaho et al48 2 2007 Finland 3 Type 1 diabetics 6 Type 2 diabetics 3 nurses N/A Blood glucose levels and treatment goals
Yet another hypertension telehealth solution? the rules will tell you Lehocki et al.49 2 2014 Slovakia 2 Patients diagnosed with hypertension and unspecified comorbidities Unspecified providers N/A Blood pressure, pulse
Nurses’ and community support workers’ experience of telehealth: a longitudinal case study Sharma and Clarke50 4 2014 United Kingdom Patients diagnosed with asthma, diabetes, COPD, or CHF (not recruited for study participation) Nurses treating patients with asthma, diabetes, COPD, or CHF Community support workers N/A Blood glucose level, weight, blood pressure, oxygen level and heart rate.
Using a mobile app to manage type 1 diabetes: the case of TreC diabetes Miele et al.51 2 2015 Italy 15 Children aged 4–12 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Diabetes specialist Parent or guardian of children participants Blood glucose values, meal compostion, carbohydrate content, and physical activity levels
Improving diabetes management with a patient portal: a qualitative study of diabetes self-management portal Urowitz et al.52 3 2012 Canada 1 Patient diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 6 Patients diagnosed with type diabetes Unspecified number of: General practitioners Dieticians APRNS Diabetes educators N/A All participants recorded blood glucose levels Additional data collected at provider discretion on a per patient basis (e.g. weight, blood pressure)
Integrating patient-generated health data into clinical care settings or clinical decision-making: lessons learned from project HealthDesign Cohen et al.53 3 2016 USA Patients diagnosed with moderate-to-severe asthma Older adults at risk for cognitive decline Adolescent receiving behavioral health interventions Patient’s diagnosed with Crohn’s disease Premature infants with medical complications (not recruited for study participation) Primary care providers Nurses Gastroenterologists High-risk infant case managers Parent or guardian of infant participants (Not recruited for study participation) Asthma patients: medication use, peak flow measurements, environmental factors Older adults: task completion (data not shared with provider) Adolescents: Food intake, physical activity, mood Crohn’s disease patients: Weight, physical activity, mood, relevant symptoms Premature infants: infant weight, food consumption, elimination patterns
Using patient-generated health data from mobile technologies for diabetes self-management support: provider perspectives from an academic medical center Nundy et al.54 3 2014 USA Unspecified number of type 1 or type 2 diabetic patients Unspecified number of nursecare managers 10 primary care providers 2 endocrinologists & diabetes specialists N/A Medication use, blood glucose levels, barriers to diabetes self-care
More than telemonitoring: health provider use and nonuse of life-log data in irritable bowel syndrome and weight management Chung et al.55 3 2015 USA Patients who are overweight/ obese and/or diagnosed with IBS family medicine physicians 5 gaste nterologists 1 APRN dieticians 1 behavioral psychologist 1 health navipator N/A Physical activity levels, food/diet data, stress logs, sleep logs, mood diaries

N/A: not applicable; APRN: Advanced practice registered nurse; CHF: Congestive heart failureCOPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CTG: Cardiotocograph; ECG: Electrocardiogram; ED: Emergency department; IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; OBGYN: Obstetrics and gynecology; PGHD: patient-generated health data.