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    A Mobile App to Estimate Sky View Factor
    (2016-04-28) Vepuri, Sriram
    Assessing the sky view factor or the intensity of solar radiation that a place receives is valuable to various walks of life. A solar engineer would want to know the intensity a place can garner to decide whether or not to place a solar panel. On another track, a person maintaining a small garden would also benefit from the intensity information to help the plants grow well. Instantly reporting the light intensity levels is the key to help users achieve their respective goals. The approach that this project aims to employ involves building an intuitive iOS mobile app, which users can use on their iPhones and get the results promptly.
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    A Smartphone App With a Digital Care Pathway for Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery: Development and Feasibility Study.
    (JMIR perioperative medicine, 2020-10-16) Ponder, Madison; Ansah-Yeboah, Abena A; Charalambous, Lefko T; Adil, Syed M; Venkatraman, Vishal; Abd-El-Barr, Muhammad; Haglund, Michael; Grossi, Peter; Yarbrough, Chester; Dharmapurikar, Rajeev; Gellad, Ziad; Lad, Shivanand P

    Background

    There is a great unmet clinical need to provide patients undergoing spinal surgery and their caregivers with ongoing, high-quality care before and after surgery in an efficiency-focused health care environment.

    Objective

    The objective of this study is to design, develop, and evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a novel planning-, outcomes-, and analytics-based smartphone app called ManageMySurgery (MMS) in patients undergoing elective spine surgery (MMS-Spine).

    Methods

    The development process of the MMS app was conducted over 2 sequential stages: (1) an evidence-based intervention design with refinement from surgeon and patient feedback and (2) feasibility testing in a clinical pilot study. We developed a novel, mobile-based, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant platform for interventional and surgical procedures. It is a patient-centric mobile health app that streamlines patients' interactions with their care team. MMS divides the patient journey into phases, making it feasible to provide customized care pathways that meet patients' unique needs. Patient-reported outcomes are easily collected and conform to the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) standard.

    Results

    We tested the feasibility of the MMS-Spine app with patients undergoing elective spine surgery at a large academic health system. A total of 47 patients undergoing elective spine surgery (26 cervical spine and 21 lumbar spine surgeries) downloaded and used MMS-Spine to navigate their surgical journey, quantify their baseline characteristics and postoperative outcomes, and provide feedback on the utility of the app in preparing for and recovering from their spinal surgery. The median age was 59.0 (range 33-77) years, 22 of the 47 patients (47%) were women, and 26 patients (55%) had commercial insurance. Of the 47 patients, a total of 33 (70%) logged in on an iOS device, 11 (23%) on an Android device, and 3 (6%) on a computer or tablet. A total of 17 of the 47 patients (36%) added a caregiver, of which 7 (41%) logged in. The median number of sign-ins was 2. A total of 38 of 47 patients (81%) completed their baseline preoperative PROMIS-29 outcomes, and 14 patients (30%) completed at least one PROMIS-29 survey during the postoperative period. Of the 24 patients who completed the MMS survey, 21 (88%) said it was helpful during preparation for their procedure, 16 (67%) said it was helpful during the postoperative period, and 23 (96%) said that they would recommend MMS to a friend or family member.

    Conclusions

    We used a patient-centered approach based on proven behavior change techniques to develop a comprehensive smartphone app for patients undergoing elective spine surgery. The optimized version of the app is ready for formal testing in a larger randomized clinical study to establish its cost-effectiveness and effect on patients' self-management skills and long-term outcomes.
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    A Smoking Cessation Mobile App for Persons Living With HIV: Preliminary Efficacy and Feasibility Study.
    (JMIR formative research, 2022-08) Schnall, Rebecca; Liu, Jianfang; Alvarez, Gabriella; Porras, Tiffany; Ganzhorn, Sarah; Boerner, Samantha; Huang, Ming-Chun; Trujillo, Paul; Cioe, Patricia

    Background

    The prevalence of smoking in the United States general population has gradually declined to the lowest rate ever recorded; however, this has not been true for persons with HIV.

    Objective

    We conducted a pilot test to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the Lumme Quit Smoking mobile app and smartwatch combination with sensing capabilities to improve smoking cessation in persons with HIV.

    Methods

    A total of 40 participants were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned 1:1 to the control arm, which received an 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy, a 30-minute smoking cessation counseling session, and weekly check-in calls with study staff, or to the intervention arm, which additionally received the Lumme Quit Smoking app and smartwatch.

    Results

    Of the 40 participants enrolled, 37 completed the follow-up study assessments and 16 used the app every day during the 56-day period. During the 6-month recruitment and enrollment period, 122 people were screened for eligibility, with 67.2% (82/122) deemed ineligible. Smoking criteria and incompatible tech were the major reasons for ineligibility. There was no difference in the proportion of 7-day point prevalence abstinence by study arm and no significant decrease in exhaled carbon monoxide for the intervention and control arms separately. However, the average exhaled carbon monoxide decreased over time when analyzing both arms together (P=.02).

    Conclusions

    Results suggest excellent feasibility and acceptability of using a smoking sensor app among this smoking population. The knowledge gained from this research will enable the scientific community, clinicians, and community stakeholders to improve tobacco cessation outcomes for persons with HIV.

    Trial registration

    ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04808609; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04808609.