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The Swedish healthcare system is undergoing a transformation. eHealth technologies are increasingly being used. The System Usability Scale is a widely used tool offering a standardized and reliable measure for assessing the usability of digital health solutions. However, despite the existence of several translations of System Usability Scale into Swedish, none have undergone psychometric validation. This highlights the urgent need for a validated and standardized Swedish version of System Usability Scale to ensure accurate and reliable usability evaluations.
Falls in hospitalized patients are a serious problem, resulting not only in physical injury but also in secondary complications, impaired activities of daily living, prolonged hospital stays, and increased medical costs. Establishing a fall prediction scoring system to identify the patient population most likely to fall can help in preventing falls among hospitalized patients.
Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, are 2 densely populated South Asian neighboring regions with many socioeconomic and cultural similarities. In dealing with breast cancer (BC)–related issues, statistics show that people from these regions are having similar problems and fates. According to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020 and 2012 reports, for BC (particularly female BC), the age-standardized incidence rate is approximately 22 to 25 per 100,000 people, and the age-standardized mortality rate is approximately 11 to 13 per 100,000 for these areas. In Bangladesh, approximately 90% of patients are at stages III or IV, compared with 60% in India. For the broader South Asian population, this figure is 16%, while it is 11% in the United States and the United Kingdom. These statistics highlight the need for an urgent investigation into the reasons behind these regions’ late diagnoses and treatment.
Background: Colonoscopy is the standard diagnostic method for colorectal cancer. Patients usually receive written and verbal instructions for bowel preparation (BP) before the procedure. Failure to understand the importance of BP can lead to inadequate levels of over 25% to 30%. Quality of BP impacts the success of colonoscopy in diagnostic yield and adenoma detection.
Aging brings physical and life changes that could benefit from eHealth services. eHealth holistically combines technology, tasks, individuals, and contexts, and all these intertwined elements should be considered in eHealth development. As users’ needs change with life situations, including aging and retirement, it is important to identify these needs at different life stages to develop eHealth services for well-being and active, healthy lives.
Muscle fatigue, characterized by reduced force generation during repetitive contractions, impacts elderly and athletes in daily and sports activities respectively. While various sensors detect muscle fatigue via muscle activity, biochemical markers, and kinematic parameters, a real-time wearable solution with high usability remains limited. Plantar pressure monitoring detects muscle fatigue through foot loading changes, seamlessly integrating into footwear to improve usability and compliance for home-based monitoring.
Transgender and nonbinary individuals are increasingly intentionally becoming pregnant to raise children, and hospital websites should reflect these trends. For prospective transgender parents, a hospital website is the only way prospective TGNB parents can assess their safety from discrimination while receiving perinatal care. Cisnormativity enforced by communication gaps between medical institutions and transgender patients can and has caused delays in receiving urgent care during their pregnancy.
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