Elia Gabarron

• Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Denecke, Kerstin (2024). Human factors in AI-driven digital solutions for increasing physical activity: A scoping review. JMIR Human Factors. ISSN 2292-9495.
• Skafle, Ingjerd; Gabarron, Elia & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (2024). Social media shaping autism perception and identity. Autism. ISSN 1362-3613. doi: 10.1177/13623613241230454.
• Larbi, Dillys; Wynn, Rolf; Trondsen, Marianne Vibeke; Årsand, Eirik; Zanaboni, Paolo & Denecke, Kerstin [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2024). What do adults living with obesity want from a chatbot for physical activity? – a qualitative study. BMC Digital Health. ISSN 2731-684X. 2. doi: 10.1186/s44247-024-00070-3. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lopez Campos, Guillermo; Gabarron, Elia; Martin-Sanchez, Fernando; Merolli, Mark; Petersen, Carolyn & Denecke, Kerstin (2024). Digital Interventions and Their Unexpected Outcomes - Time for Digitalovigilance? Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 310, s. 479–483. doi: 10.3233/SHTI231011.
• Denecke, Kerstin; Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Merolli, Mark; Miron-Shatz, Talya; Gabarron, Elia & Petersen, Carolyn (2023). How Participatory Health Informatics Catalyzes One Digital Health. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 32(1), s. 48–54. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768727. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Reichenpfader, Daniel & Denecke, Kerstin (2023). Exploring the Evolution of Social Media in Mental Health Interventions: A Mapping Review. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 32(1), s. 152–157. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768730. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hansen, Rita-Kristin; Baiju, Nikita & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Social Media as an Effective Provider of Quality-Assured and Accurate Information to Increase Vaccine Rates: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 25. doi: 10.2196/50276. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Denecke, Kerstin; May, Richard; Gabarron, Elia & Lopez Campos, Guillermo (2023). Assessing the Potential Risks of Digital Therapeutics (DTX): The DTX Risk Assessment Canvas. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(10). doi: 10.3390/jpm13101523. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Ropero, Jorge; Denecke, Kerstin; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Personalized Digital Solutions for Mental Health. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 309, s. 282–286. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230797. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Gabarron, Elia; Ropero, Jorge & Denecke, Kerstin (2023). Designing personalised mHealth solutions: An overview. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. ISSN 1532-0464. 146. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104500. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Torrado Vidal, Juan Carlos; Bakke, Caroline & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Chatbots and Children with Special Educational Needs Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). ISSN 0302-9743. 14021, s. 443–452. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35897-5_32.
• Gabarron, Elia; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Reichenpfader, Daniel & Denecke, Kerstin (2023). What Do Autistic People Discuss on Twitter? An Approach Using BERTopic Modelling. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 302, s. 403–407. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230161. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Denecke, Kerstin; Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Petersen, Carolyn; Benham-Hutchins, Marge; Cabrer, Miguel & Davies, Shauna [Vis alle 18 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Defining and Scoping Participatory Health Informatics - An eDelphi Study. Methods of Information in Medicine. ISSN 0026-1270. 62(03/04), s. 90–99. doi: 10.1055/a-2035-3008. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Skafle, Ingjerd; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders & Wynn, Rolf (2023). Social media interventions for autistic individuals: Systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1089452. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Skafle, Ingjerd; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders ; Quintana, Daniel; Wynn, Rolf & Gabarron, Elia (2022). Misinformation about Covid-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 24(8). doi: 10.2196/37367. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larbi, Dillys; Sandsdalen, Helle; Gabarron, Elia; Årsand, Eirik & Henriksen, André (2022). User preferences for a physical activity chatbot connected to an activity tracker and integrated into a social media platform. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1650-3686. s. 118–123. doi: 10.3384/ecp187020. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larbi, Dillys; Lauvhaug Nybakke, Henriette; Lind, Karianne Fredenfeldt; Rødseth, Eirin & Gabarron, Elia (2022). A scoping review of diabetes telemedicine research in Norway. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1650-3686. s. 97–102. doi: 10.3384/ecp187017. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Henriksen, André & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (2022). Social media, physical activity and autism: better or bitter together? A scoping review . Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1650-3686. s. 111–117. doi: 10.3384/ecp187019. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larbi, Dillys; Denecke, Kerstin & Gabarron, Elia (2022). Usability Testing of a Social Media Chatbot for Increasing Physical Activity Behavior. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(5). doi: 10.3390/jpm12050828. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Gabarron, Elia; Miron-Shatz, Talya; Petersen, Carolyn & Denecke, Kerstin (2022). Social Media, Digital Health Literacy, and Digital Ethics in the Light of Health Equity. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 31(1), s. 82–87. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1742503. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Dechsling, Anders; Skafle, Ingjerd & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (2022). Discussions of Asperger Syndrome on Social Media: Content and Sentiment Analysis on Twitter. JMIR Formative Research. ISSN 2561-326X. 6(3). doi: 10.2196/32752. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Giunti, Guido; Isomursu, Minna; Gabarron, Elia & Solad, Yauheni (2021). Designing Depression Screening Chatbots. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 284, s. 259–263. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210719.
• Larbi, Dillys; Gabarron, Elia & Denecke, Kerstin (2021). Social media chatbot for increasing physical activity: usability study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 285, s. 227–232. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210604. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Giunti, Guido; Claes, Mäelick; Zubiete, Enrique Dorronzoro; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Gabarron, Elia (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Multiple Sclerosis Topic Discussion on Twitter. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 281, s. 865–869. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210302.
• Denecke, Kerstin & Gabarron, Elia (2021). How Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Look Like in the Future? Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 281, s. 860–864. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210301.
• Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan; Antypas, Konstantinos & Gabarron, Elia (2021). Criteria for Assessing and Recommending Digital Diabetes Tools: A Delphi Study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 281, s. 850–854. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210299. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Årsand, Eirik & Wynn, Rolf (2021). Engaging Social Media Users with Health Education and Physical Activity Promotion. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 281, s. 789–793. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210283. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Fernandez Luque, Luis; Kushniruk, A.W.; Georgiou, A; Basu, A.; Petersen, Carolyn & Ronquillo, C. [Vis alle 29 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Evidence-Based Health Informatics as the Foundation for the COVID-19 Response: A Joint Call for Action. Methods of Information in Medicine. ISSN 0026-1270. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726414.
• Skafle, Ingjerd; Gabarron, Elia; Dechsling, Anders & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders Johan (2021). Online Attitudes and Information-Seeking Behavior on Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Greta Thunberg. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN 1661-7827. 18(9). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094981. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Miron-Shatz, Talya; Grainger, Rebecca & Denecke, Kerstin (2021). Role of Participatory Health Informatics in Detecting and Managing Pandemics: Literature Review. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 30(1), s. 200–209. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726486.
• Gabarron Hortal, Elia Dolores; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi & Wynn, Rolf (2021). Covid-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 99(6), s. 455–463A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.276782. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron Hortal, Elia Dolores; Petersen, Carolyn & Merolli, Mark (2021). Defining participatory health informatics – a scoping review. Informatics for Health and Social Care. ISSN 1753-8157. doi: 10.1080/17538157.2021.1883028.
• Laranjo, Liliana; Ding, Ding; Heleno, Bruno; Kocaballi, Baki; Quiroz, Juan C. & Tong, Huong Ly [Vis alle 15 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Do smartphone applications and activity trackers increase physical activity in adults? Systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression . British Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0306-3674. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102892.
• Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Hasvold, Per Erlend; Wynn, Rolf & Årsand, Eirik (2020). Factors Engaging Users of Diabetes Social Media Channels on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 22(9). doi: 10.2196/21204. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Antypas, Konstantinos; Bradway, Meghan & Gabarron, Elia (2020). Methods and evaluation criteria for apps and digital interventions for diabetes self-management: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 22(7). doi: 10.2196/18480. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background: There is growing evidence that apps and digital interventions have a positive impact on diabetes self-management. Standard self-management for patients with diabetes could therefore be supplemented by apps and digital interventions to increase patients’ skills. Several initiatives, models, and frameworks suggest how health apps and digital interventions could be evaluated, but there are few standards for this. And although there are many methods for evaluating apps and digital interventions, a more specific approach might be needed for assessing digital diabetes self-management interventions. Objective: This review aims to identify which methods and criteria are used to evaluate apps and digital interventions for diabetes self-management, and to describe how patients were involved in these evaluations. Methods: We searched CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Web of Science for articles published from 2015 that referred to the evaluation of apps and digital interventions for diabetes self-management and involved patients in the evaluation. We then conducted a narrative qualitative synthesis of the findings, structured around the included studies’ quality, methods of evaluation, and evaluation criteria. Results: Of 1681 articles identified, 31 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A total of 7 articles were considered of high confidence in the evidence. Apps were the most commonly used platform for diabetes self-management (18/31, 58%), and type 2 diabetes (T2D) was the targeted health condition most studies focused on (12/31, 38%). Questionnaires, interviews, and user-group meetings were the most common methods of evaluation. Furthermore, the most evaluated criteria for apps and digital diabetes self-management interventions were cognitive impact, clinical impact, and usability. Feasibility and security and privacy were not evaluated by studies considered of high confidence in the evidence. Conclusions: There were few studies with high confidence in the evidence that involved patients in the evaluation of apps and digital interventions for diabetes self-management. Additional evaluation criteria, such as sustainability and interoperability, should be focused on more in future studies to provide a better understanding of the effects and potential of apps and digital interventions for diabetes self-management.

• Giunti, Guido; Claes, Mäelick; Zubiete, Enrique Dorronzoro; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Gabarron, Elia (2020). Analysing Sentiment and Topics Related to Multiple Sclerosis on Twitter. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 270, s. 911–915. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200294. Vis sammendrag

  Background and objective: Social media could be valuable tools to support people with multiple sclerosis (MS). There is little evidence on the MS-related topics that are discussed on social media, and the sentiment linked to these topics. The objective of this work is to identify the MS-related main topics discussed on Twitter, and the sentiment linked to them. Methods: Tweets dealing with MS in the English language were extracted. Latent-Dirilecht Allocation (LDA) was used to identify the main topics discussed in these tweets. Iterative inductive process was used to group the tweets into recurrent topics. The sentiment analysis of these tweets was performed using SentiStrength. Results: LDA’ identified topics were grouped into 4 categories, tweets dealing with: related chronic conditions; condition burden; disease-modifying drugs; and awareness-raising. Tweets on condition burden and related chronic conditions were the most negative (p<0.001). A significant lower positive sentiment was found for both tweets dealing with disease-modifying drugs, condition burden, and related chronic conditions (p<0.001). Only tweets on awareness-raising were most positive than the average (p<0.001). Discussion: The use of both tools to identify the main discussed topics on social media and to analyse the sentiment of these topics, increases the knowledge of the themes that could represent the bigger burden for persons affected with MS. This knowledge can help to improve support and therapeutic approaches addressed to them.

• Gabarron, Elia; Larbi, Dillys; Denecke, Kerstin & Årsand, Eirik (2020). What Do We Know About the Use of Chatbots for Public Health? Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 270, s. 796–800. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200270. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background and objective: The number of publications on the use of chatbots for health is recently increasing, however to our knowledge, there are no publications summarizing what is known about using chatbots for public health yet. The objective of this work is to provide an overview of the existing scientific literature on the use of chatbots for public health, for which purpose have chatbots been used, and whether health-related outcomes have been reported. Methods: We carried out a literature review on this topic across 5 databases: Pubmed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, SCOPUS, and IEEE Xplore. Identified papers were classified according to their underlying technology, application area, and study design. Results: A total of 15 relevant papers were identified: eight of these papers were developmental studies that tested the feasibility or usability of a chatbot, and seven were interventional studies. All the interventional studies reported positive health- related outcomes associated with the chatbot use. Discussion: The first studies testing chatbots for public health seem very promising; however, there are various aspects that should be improved, including the chatbots’ designs, studies’ methods, and analysis and reporting of results. More high-quality studies and improved reporting of chatbots’ use are needed.

• Bradway, Meghan; Gabarron Hortal, Elia Dolores; Johansen, Monika Alise; Zanaboni, Paolo; Jacobsen Jardim, Patricia Sofia & Joakimsen, Ragnar Martin [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Methods and measures used to evaluate patient-operated mobile health interventions: Scoping literature review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. ISSN 2291-5222. 8:e16814(4), s. 1–17. doi: 10.2196/16814. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Konstantinidis, Stathis Th.; Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron, Elia; Petersen, Carolyn & Househ, Mowafa [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Ethical Considerations for Participatory Health through Social Media: Healthcare Workforce and Policy Maker Perspectives. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1701981. Vis sammendrag

  Objectives: To identify the different ethical issues that should be considered in participatory health through social media from different stakeholder perspectives (i.e., patients/service users, health professionals, health information technology (If) professionals, and policy makers) in any healthcare context. Methods: We implemented a two-round survey composed of open ended questions in the first round, aggregated into a list of ethical issues rated for importance by participants in the second round, to generate a ranked list of possible ethical issues in participatory health based on healthcare professionals’ and policy makers’ opinions on both their own point of view and their beliefs for other stakeholders’ perspectives. Results: Twenty-six individuals responded in the first round of the survey. Multiple ethical issues were identified for each perspective. Data privacy, data security, and digital literacy were common themes in all perspectives. Thirty-three individuals completed the second round of the survey. Data privacy and data security were ranked among the three most important ethical issues in all perspectives. Quality assurance was the most important issue from the healthcare professionals’ perspective and the second most important issue from the patients’ perspective. Data privacy was the most important consideration for patients/service users. Digital literacy was ranked as the fourth most important issue, except for policy makers’ perspective. Conclusions: Different stakeholders’ opinions fairly agreed that there are common ethical issues that should be considered across the four groups (patients, healthcare professionals, health IT professionals, policy makers) such as data privacy, security, and quality assurance.

• Gabarron, Elia; Bradway, Meghan & Årsand, Eirik (2020). Social media for adults. I Klonoff, David C.; Kerr, David & Mulvaney, Shelagh A. (Red.), Diabetes Digital Health. Elsevier. ISSN 978-0-12-817485-2. s. 119–129.
• Larbi, Dillys; Bradway, Meghan; Randine, Pietro; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia & Årsand, Eirik (2019). Do diabetes mHealth and online interventions evaluate what is important for users? Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1650-3686. s. 30–36. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Research often presents patient needs from perceptions of healthcare professionals and researchers. Today, patients can formulate tailored questions and seek solutions for what they need to self-manage in many ways. We aimed to compare reported outcomes of mHealth and online intervention studies for diabetes selfmanagement to patient-reported needs, from a systematic review and a literature review respectively. Although we found similarities between the reported outcomes and the patient-reported needs, research has yet to meet all patient needs. Comprehensive methods for development and testing of interventions should be explored to meet the specific needs of patients.

• Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron, Elia; Grainger, Rebecca; Konstantinidis, Stathis Th.; Lau, Annie Y.S. & Rivera-Romero, Octavio [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Artificial intelligence for participatory health: applications, impact, and future implications. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 28(1), s. 165–173. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1677902.
• Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan & Gabarron, Elia (2019). What are diabetes patients versus health care personnel discussing on social media? . Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. ISSN 1932-2968. doi: 10.1177/1932296818821649. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Bradway, Meghan; Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Wynn, Rolf & Årsand, Eirik (2018). Preferences and interests of diabetes social media users regarding a health-promotion intervention. Patient Preference and Adherence. ISSN 1177-889X. 12, s. 2499–2506. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S184369. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Wynn, Rolf (2018). Diabetes on Twitter: A sentiment analysis. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. ISSN 1932-2968. doi: 10.1177/1932296818811679. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Årsand, Eirik & Wynn, Rolf (2018). Social media use in interventions for diabetes: Rapid evidence-based review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 20:e10303(8), s. 1–11. doi: 10.2196/10303. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  BACKGROUND: Health authorities recommend educating diabetic patients and their families and initiating measures aimed at improving self-management, promoting a positive behavior change, and reducing the risk of complications. Social media could provide valid channel to intervene in and deliver diabetes education. However, it is not well known whether the use of these channels in such interventions can help improve the patients' outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to review and describe the current existing evidence on the use of social media in interventions targeting people affected with diabetes. METHODS: A search was conducted across 4 databases (PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library). The quality of the evidence of the included primary studies was graded according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation criteria, and the risk of bias of systematic reviews was assessed by drawing on the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews guidelines. The outcomes reported by these studies were extracted and analyzed. RESULTS: We included 20 moderate- and high-quality studies in the review: 17 primary studies and 3 systematic reviews. Of the 16 publications evaluating the effect on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) of the interventions using social media, 13 reported significant reductions in HbA1c values. The 5 studies that measured satisfaction with the interventions using social media found positive effects. We found mixed evidence regarding the effect of interventions using social media on health-related quality of life (2 publications found positive effects and 3 found no differences) and on diabetes knowledge or empowerment (2 studies reported improvements and 2 reported no significant changes). CONCLUSIONS: There is very little good-quality evidence on the use of social media in interventions aimed at helping people with diabetes. However, the use of these channels is mostly linked to benefits on patients' outcomes. Public health institutions, clinicians, and other stakeholders who aim at improving the knowledge of diabetic patients could consider the use of social media in their interventions.

• Gabarron, Elia; Bradway, Meghan; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Chomutare, Taridzo; Hansen, Anne Helen & Wynn, Rolf [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2018). Social media for health promotion in diabetes: Study protocol for a participatory public health intervention design. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 18(414). doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3178-7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Participatory health approaches are increasingly drawing attention among the scientific community, and could be used for health promotion programmes on diabetes through social media. The main aim of this project is to research how to best use social media to promote healthy lifestyles with and within the Norwegian population. Methods The design of the health promotion intervention (HPI) will be participatory, and will involve both a panel of healthcare experts and social media users following the Norwegian Diabetes Association. The panel of experts will agree on the contents by following the Delphi method, and social media users will participate in the definition of the HPI by expressing their opinions through an adhoc online questionnaire. The agreed contents between both parties to be used in the HPI will be posted on three social media channels (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) along 24 months. The 3 months before starting the HPI, and the 3 months after the HPI will be used as control data. The effect of the HPI will be assessed by comparing formats, frequency, and reactions to the published HPI messages, as well as comparing potential changes in five support-intended communication behaviours expressed on social media, and variations in sentiment analysis before vs during and after the HPI. The HPI’s effect on social media users’ health-related lifestyles, online health behaviours, and satisfaction with the intervention will be assessed every 6 months through online questionnaires. A separate questionnaire will be used to assess the panel of experts’ satisfaction and perceptions of the benefits for health professionals of a HPI as this one. Discussion The time constraints of today’s medical practice combined with the piling demand of chronic conditions such as diabetes make any additional request of extra time used by health care professionals a challenge. Social media channels provide efficient, ubiquitous and user-friendly platforms that can encourage participation, engagement and action necessary from both those who receive and provide care to make health promotion interventions successful.

• Rincon, Esther; Monteiro-Guerra, Francisco; Rivera-Romero, Octavio; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Sanchez-Bocanegra, Carlos L. & Gabarron, Elia (2017). Mobile Phone Apps for Quality of Life and Well-Being Assessment in Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients: Systematic Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. ISSN 2291-5222. 5(12). doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8741. Vis sammendrag

  Background: Mobile phone health apps are increasingly gaining attention in oncological care as potential tools for supporting cancer patients. Although the number of publications and health apps focusing on cancer is increasing, there are still few specifically designed for the most prevalent cancers diagnosed: breast and prostate cancers. There is a need to review the effect of these apps on breast and prostate cancer patients’ quality of life (QoL) and well-being. Objective: The purposes of this study were to review the scientific literature on mobile phone apps targeting breast or prostate cancer patients and involving QoL and well-being (anxiety and depression symptoms) and analyze the clinical and technological characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of these apps, as well as patients’ user experience with them. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature from The Cochrane Library, Excerpta Medica Database, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and MEDLINE to identify studies involving apps focused on breast and/or prostate cancer patients and QoL and/or well-being published between January 1, 2000, and July 12, 2017. Only trial studies which met the inclusion criteria were selected. The systematic review was completed with a critical analysis of the apps previously identified in the health literature research that were available from the official app stores. Results: The systematic review of the literature yielded 3862 articles. After removal of duplicates, 3229 remained and were evaluated on the basis of title and abstract. Of these, 3211 were discarded as not meeting the inclusion criteria, and 18 records were selected for full text screening. Finally, 5 citations were included in this review, with a total of 644 patients, mean age 52.16 years. Four studies targeted breast cancer patients and 1 focused on prostate cancer patients. Four studies referred to apps that assessed QoL. Only 1 among the 5 analyzed apps was available from the official app store. In 3 studies, an app-related intervention was carried out, and 2 of them reported an improvement on QoL. The lengths of the app-related interventions varied from 4 to 12 weeks. Because 2 of the studies only tracked use of the app, no effect on QoL or well-being was found. Conclusions: Despite the existence of hundreds of studies involving cancer-focused mobile phone apps, there is a lack of rigorous trials regarding the QoL and/or well-being assessment in breast and/or prostate cancer patients. A strong and collective effort should be made by all health care providers to determine those cancer-focused apps that effectively represent useful, accurate, and reliable tools for cancer patients’ disease management. Trial Registration: PROSPERO CRD42017073069; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID= CRD42017073069 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6v38Clb9T)

• Marco-Ruiz, Luis; Bønes, Erlend; de la Asuncion Gonzalez, Estela; Gabarron, Elia; Solis, Juan Carlos Aviles & Lee, Eunji [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2017). Combining multivariate statistics and the think-aloud protocol to assess Human-Computer Interaction barriers in symptom checkers. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. ISSN 1532-0464. 74, s. 104–122. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.09.002. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Symptom checkers are software tools that allow users to submit a set of symptoms and receive advice related to them in the form of a diagnosis list, health information or triage. The heterogeneity of their potential users and the number of different components in their user interfaces can make testing with end-users unaffordable. We designed and executed a two-phase method to test the respiratory diseases module of the symptom checker Erdusyk. Phase I consisted of an online test with a large sample of users (n = 53). In Phase I, users evaluated the system remotely and completed a questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model. Principal Component Analysis was used to correlate each section of the interface with the questionnaire responses, thus identifying which areas of the user interface presented significant contributions to the technology acceptance. In the second phase, the think-aloud procedure was executed with a small number of samples (n = 15), focusing on the areas with significant contributions to analyze the reasons for such contributions. Our method was used effectively to optimize the testing of symptom checker user interfaces. The method allowed kept the cost of testing at reasonable levels by restricting the use of the think-aloud procedure while still assuring a high amount of coverage. The main barriers detected in Erdusyk were related to problems understanding time repetition patterns, the selection of levels in scales to record intensities, navigation, the quantification of some symptom attributes, and the characteristics of the symptoms.

• Gabarron, Elia; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Lau, A. Y. S.; Armayones, Manuel & Wynn, Rolf [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2017). Impact of Facebook ads for sexual health promotion via an educational web app: A case study. International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC). ISSN 1947-315X. 8(2), s. 18–33. doi: 10.4018/IJEHMC.2017040102. Vis sammendrag

  Background: The authors present a case study of a public health campaign, including social media, and aiming at maximizing the use of web app on sexual health. Objective: To analyze the impact of a Facebook fan page, Facebook advertisements, and posters to maximize the number of visits to the educational web app. Methods: The campaign is assessed for 1 year, using data tracked through Facebook statistics and Google Analytics. Results: The site had 3670 visits (10.1 visitors/day, 95%CI 8.7-11.4). During the one-month Facebook Ads campaign, the site received 1263 visits (42.1 visitors/day, 95%CI 37.3-46.9), multiplying by over four the average number of visitors/day. 34.4% of all the participants were recruited during the one-month Facebook ads campaign. Conclusions: Facebook advertisements seem to be a good tool to promote an educational web app on sexual health targeting youth, and to reach a huge number of users rapidly and at a low cost.

• Syed-Abdul, Shabbir; Gabarron, Elia; Lau, Annie Y.S. & Househ, M (2016). An Introduction to Participatory Health Through Social Media. I Syed-Abdul, Shabbir; Gabarron, Elia & Lau, Annie YS (Red.), Participatory Health through Social Media. Elsevier. ISSN 9780128092699. s. 1–9. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809269-9.00001-3.
• Atique, Suleman; Hosueh, Mowafa; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Gabarron, Elia; Wan, Marian & Singh, Onkar [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2016). Lessons learnt from a MOOC about social media for digital health literacy. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1557-170X. 2016-October, s. 5636–5639. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592005.
• Gabarron, Elia; Lau, Annie Y.S. & Wynn, Rolf (2016). Weekly pattern for online information seeking on HIV - A multi-language study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 228, s. 778–782. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-678-1-778.
• Gabarron, Elia & Wynn, Rolf (2016). Use of social media for sexual health promotion: a scoping review. Global health action. ISSN 1654-9716. 9. doi: 10.3402/GHA.V9.32193. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Contreras-Porta, J; Ruiz-Baques, A; Gabarron, Elia; Capel-Torres, F; Ariño-Pla, MN & Zorrozua-Santisteban, A [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2016). Evaluation of an educational programme with workshops for families of children with food allergies. Allergologia et Immunopathologia. ISSN 0301-0546. 44(2), s. 113–119. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2015.09.008.
• Gabarron, Elia; Lau, Annie YS & Wynn, Rolf (2015). Is there a weekly pattern for health information searching and is the pattern unique to health topics? Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 17(12). doi: 10.2196/jmir.5038. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Makhlysheva, Alexandra & Marco Ruiz, Luis (2015). Type 1 diabetes in Twitter: who all listen to? I Sarkar, Indra Neil; Georgiou, Andrew & de Azevedo Marques, Paulo Mazzoncini (Red.), MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health. IOS Press. ISSN 978-1-61499-563-0. s. 972–972. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-972. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Knowing what the conversation on Twitter regarding type 1 diabetes (T1D) is about can help in understanding the kind of information relevant to the individuals affected by the disease. The profile of Twitter users posting on T1D was collected and classified. The number of re-tweets was also registered. The tweets posted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), communication media, and individuals affected by T1D had higher number of potential readers. More than a half of the tweets were posted by individuals affected by T1D, and their tweets were the most re-tweeted. The next most active users were NGOs and healthcare professionals. However, while tweets soliciting for research funds posted by the NGOs were the next most re-tweeted messages, tweets posted by healthcare professionals were the least re-tweeted. Twitter could be used more actively by healthcare professionals to disseminate correct information about T1D.

• Denecke, Kerstin; Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Bond, Carol; Gabarron, Elia; Househ, M & Lau, A. Y. S. [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2015). Hansen M. Ethical Issues of Social Media Media Usage. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. ISSN 0943-4747. 10(1), s. 137–147. doi: 10.15265/IY-2015-001. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  OBJECTIVE: Social media, web and mobile technologies are increasingly used in healthcare and directly support patientcentered care. Patients benefit from disease self-management tools, contact to others, and closer monitoring. Researchers study drug efficiency, or recruit patients for clinical studies via these technologies. However, low communication barriers in socialmedia, limited privacy and security issues lead to problems from an ethical perspective. This paper summarizes the ethical issues to be considered when social media is exploited in healthcare contexts. METHODS: Starting from our experiences in social-media research, we collected ethical issues for selected social-media use cases in the context of patient-centered care. Results were enriched by collecting and analyzing relevant literature and were discussed and interpreted by members of the IMIA Social Media Working Group. RESULTS: Most relevant issues in social-media applications are confidence and privacy that need to be carefully preserved. The patient-physician relationship can suffer from the new information gain on both sides since private information of both healthcare provider and consumer may be accessible through the Internet. Physicians need to ensure they keep the borders between private and professional intact. Beyond, preserving patient anonymity when citing Internet content is crucial for research studies. CONCLUSION: Exploiting medical social-media in healthcare applications requires a careful reflection of roles and responsibilities. Availability of data and information can be useful in many settings, but the abuse of data needs to be prevented. Preserving privacy and confidentiality of online users is a main issue, as well as providing means for patients or Internet users to express concerns on data usage.

• Gómez-Zúñiga, Beni; Pousada, Modesta; Hernandez, Manny M.; Colberg, Sheri; Gabarron, Elia & Armayones, Manuel (2015). The Online Big Blue Test for Promoting Exercise: Health, Self-Efficacy, and Social Support. Telemedicine journal and e-health. ISSN 1530-5627. 21(10), s. 852–859. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0158.
• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Artur; Fernandez Luque, Luis; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Wynn, Rolf & Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck (2015). Randomized trial of a novel game-based appointment system for a university hospital venereology unit: Study protocol. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. ISSN 1472-6947. 15:23, s. 1–7. doi: 10.1186/s12911-015-0143-9. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Jose Artur F S Vale; Wynn, Rolf & Lau, Annie Y.S. (2014). Tweet content related to sexually transmitted diseases: No joking matter. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 16(10). doi: 10.2196/jmir.3259. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Artur; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Wynn, Rolf & Armayones, Manuel [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2013). Sjekkdeg.no: A game-style Web app for preventing sexually transmitted diseases. Medicine 2.0. ISSN 1923-2195.
• Gabarron, Elia; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Armayones, Manuel & Lau, Annie YS (2013). Identifying Measures Used for Assessing Quality of YouTube Videos with Patient Health Information: A Review of Current Literature. Interactive Journal of Medical Research. ISSN 1929-073X. 2(1). doi: 10.2196/ijmr.2465. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Jose Artur F S Vale; Wynn, Rolf & Armayones Ruiz, Manuel (2012). Avatars using computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. ISSN 1472-6947. 12(120). doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-120. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial infection, a common cause of infertility, are highly prevalent in developed countries, and a worrying problem in North Norway, where the incidence of chlamydia twice the Norwegian average. Seventy percent of reported chlamydia cases are found in people below 25 years of age, and although its spread could be controlled with proper prevention, young people are more aware of the risks of unwanted pregnancy than their risk of acquiring a STD. Information and Communication Technologies, including, the Internet, social media and/or smartphones, should be valued for sexual health promotion for their potential to engage young audiences. And in these media, avatars guarantee anonymity to users when handling sensitive information. The main objective of this project is to achieve that North Norwegian youngsters become more aware of STDs through the use of popular technologies among young people.

• Lau, Annie Y.S.; Gabarron, Elia; Fernandez-Luque, Luis & Armayones, Manuel (2012). Social media in health - what are the safety concerns for health consumers? Health Information Management Journal. ISSN 1833-3583. 41(2), s. 30–35. doi: 10.1177/183335831204100204. Vis sammendrag

  Recent literature has discussed the unintended consequences of clinical information technologies (IT) on patient safety, yet there has been little discussion about the safety concerns for consumer health IT. This paper presents a range of safety concerns for consumers in social media, with a case study on YouTube. We conducted a scan of abstracts on quality criteria related to YouTube. Five areas regarding the safety of YouTube for consumers were identified: (a) harmful health material targeted at consumers (such as inappropriate marketing of tobacco or direct-to- consumer drug advertising); (b) public display of unhealthy behaviour (such as people displaying self-injury behaviours or hurting others); (c) tainted public health messages (i.e. the rise of negative voices against public health messages); (d) psychological impact from accessing inappropriate, offensive or biased social media content; and (e) using social media to distort policy and research funding agendas. The examples presented should contribute to a better understanding about how to promote a safe consumption and production of social media for consumers, and achieve an evidence-based approach to designing social media interventions for health. The potential harm associated with the use of unsafe social media content on the Internet is a major concern. More studies are needed to examine how social media influences consumer health decisions, behaviours and outcomes, and devise ways to deter the dissemination of harmful influences in social media.

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• Henriksen, André; Gabarron, Elia & Vimarlund, Vivian (2022). Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. ISBN 978-91-7929-344-4. 242 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Syed-Abdul, Shabbir; Gabarron, Elia & Lau, Annie YS (2016). Participatory Health through Social Media. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128092699. 162 s.

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• Gabarron, Elia; Hansen, Rita-Kristin & Isaksen, Amanda (2024). Kan sosiale medier brukes for å få flere til å ta vaksiner? . [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Forskere mener at riktig bruk av kampanjer på sosiale medier kan bli en ressurs for helsevesenet for å overvinne skepsis og desinformasjon.

• Hordvin Johnsen, Juni & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Deler sykdommen på Tiktok: - Følte meg levende død. . [Internett]. TV2.
• Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron, Elia & Petersen, Carolyn (2023). Current Trends and New Approaches in Participatory Health Informatics. Methods of Information in Medicine. ISSN 0026-1270. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1777732.
• Barken, Tina Lien; Bonacina, Stefano; Bostad, Rune; Gabarron, Elia; Garcia, Beate Hennie & Haddeland, Kristine [Vis alle 25 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). University campus as a smart technology-supported active learning arena. Septentrio Reports. ISSN 2387-4597. doi: 10.7557/7.7222.
• Ropero, Jorge; Denecke, Kerstin; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Personalized Digital Solutions for Mental Health.
• Larbi, Dillys; Wynn, Rolf; Årsand, Eirik; Denecke, Kerstin; Zanaboni, Paolo & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Exploring Obese Adults' Preferences for a Physical Activity Chatbot: Qualitative Study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 302, s. 478–479. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230179.
• Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron, Elia; Hussein, Rada & Lopez Campos, Guillermo (2023). Why does ethics matter in participatory health?
• Denecke, Kerstin; Gabarron, Elia; Lopez Campos, Guillermo & Rivera-Romero, Octavio (2023). Development of a taxonomy on participatory health informatics: Concepts and categories definition.
• Gabarron, Elia & Johnsen, Juni Hordvin (2023). Deler sykdommen på Tiktok: – Følte meg levende død . [Internett]. TV2.
• Nordahl-Hansen, Anders ; Slang, Victoria & Gabarron, Elia (2023). Savant abilities and autism: A literature review.
• Cuff, Alison & Gabarron, Elia (2023). BMC Digital Health publishes its first articles; lets celebrate with the Editorial Board. [Internett]. https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2023/02/10/bmc.
• Skafle, Ingjerd; Dechsling, Anders; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders & Gabarron, Elia (2022). Online attitudes and information-seeking behavior on autism and Asperger’s syndrome.
• Nordahl-Hansen, Anders ; Gabarron, Elia & Henriksen, André (2022). Social media and physical activity in autism.
• Gabarron, Elia (2022). Social media for health promotion in diabetes.
• Gabarron, Elia; Skafle, Ingjerd; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders & Wynn, Rolf (2022). Social media interventions for autism.
• Sandsdalen, Helle; Gabarron, Elia; Årsand, Eirik & Henriksen, André (2022). User preferences for a physical activity chatbot connected to an activity tracker and integrated into a social media platform​.
• Gabarron, Elia; Henriksen, André & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (2022). Social media, physical activity and autism: better or bitter together? A scoping review .
• Larbi, Dillys; Lauvhaug Nybakke, Henriette; Lind, Karianne Fredenfeldt; Rødseth, Eirin & Gabarron, Elia (2022). Telemedicine for Diabetes in Norway. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 294, s. 951–952. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220636.
• Larbi, Dillys; Lauvhaug Nybakke, Henriette; Lind, Karianne Fredenfeldt; Rødseth, Eirin & Gabarron, Elia (2022). Telemedicine for diabetes in Norway.
• Larbi, Dillys & Gabarron, Elia (2021). Social media chatbots have a great potential for public health .
• Larbi, Dillys & Gabarron, Elia (2021). Helse-chatbots kan få folk til å bli mer aktive.
• Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan; Antypas, Konstantinos & Gabarron, Elia (2021). How to recommend diabetes self-management tools or services. Vis sammendrag

  The most important criteria, rated by 15 healthcare professionals in a study, for recommending diabetes self-management tools and services were:

• Larbi, Dillys; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia; Randine, Pietro; Bradway, Meghan & Årsand, Eirik (2021). What to look for when choosing tools to manage diabetes. Vis sammendrag

  It can be difficult to choose tools to help manage diabetes – whether apps, social media, or websites. The four requirements below are recommended by healthcare personnel as the most important.

• Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Årsand, Eirik; Bradway, Meghan; Antypas, Konstantinos & Gabarron, Elia (2021). Hvordan anbefale digitale diabetesverktøy og –tjenester? Vis sammendrag

  De viktigste kriteriene, vurdert av 15 helsepersonell i en studie, for å anbefale digitale egenbehandlingsverktøy og -tjenester innen diabetes var:

• Larbi, Dillys; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia; Randine, Pietro; Bradway, Meghan & Årsand, Eirik (2021). Hvordan velge digitale diabetesverktøy og –tjenester? Vis sammendrag

  Det kan være vanskelig å velge verktøy for å håndtere din diabetes – enten det er apper, nettsider, eller sosiale medier. De fire kravene nedenfor anbefales av helsepersonell som de viktigste.

• Skafle, Ingjerd; Gabarron, Elia & Berntsen, Hasse (2021). Greta Thunbergs diagnose gjør henne til både et forbilde og en hakkekylling . [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Hun har fått merke at det eksisterer mange myter om autisme.

• Gabarron, Elia & Lundberg, Lene (2021). Can we stop misinformation about Covid-19? [Internett]. ScienceNorway.no.
• Gabarron, Elia & Lundberg, Lene (2021). Hvordan stoppe feilinformasjon om covid-19? . [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Store mengder falske nyheter spres om koronaviruset, smitte og sykdom. Er det i hele tatt mulig å demme opp for feilinformasjon?

• Gabarron, Elia & Lundberg, Lene (2020). People prefer stories about people with diabetes to facts about the disease . [Internett]. ScienceNorway.no. Vis sammendrag

  Personal stories, often with video and emojis, were most liked and shared by the followers of the Norwegian Diabetes Association.

• Arnstad, Mali A.; Larbi, Dillys & Gabarron, Elia (2020). Can chatbots motivate people to be more active? Chatbots used in social media with a public health purpose has great potential, new research shows. . [Avis]. Science Nordic.
• Gabarron, Elia & Lundberg, Lene (2020). Folk vil heller ha historier om personer med diabetes enn fakta om sykdommen . [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Det nære og personlige, gjerne med video og emojis, ble mest likt og delt av de som følger Diabetesforbundet på sosiale medier.

• Larbi, Dillys; Gabarron, Elia & Arnstad, Mali A. (2020). Kan chatbots på sosiale medier få folk til å bevege seg mer? [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Helse-chatbots har stort potensial for å få folk til å bli mer aktive, viser ny forskning.

• Wynn, Rolf; Gabarron, Elia; Johnsen, Jan-Are Kolset & Traver, Vicente (2020). Special issue on e-health services . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN 1661-7827. 17(8). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082885. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larbi, Dillys; Antypas, Konstantinos; Bradway, Meghan; Randine, Pietro; Gabarron, Elia & Årsand, Eirik (2020). HOW TO CHOOSE AMONG THE MANY DIABETES APPS AND ONLINE RESOURCES? . Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. ISSN 1520-9156. 22(S1).
• Gabarron, Elia & Årsand, Eirik (2020). ENGAGEMENT IN DIABETES HEALTH EDUCATION CONTENT ON FACEBOOK . Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. ISSN 1520-9156. 22(S1).
• Bradway, Meghan; Larbi, Dillys; Randine, Pietro; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia & Årsand, Eirik (2020). Intervention studies need to adapt to address patient needs for diabetes self‐management . Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. ISSN 1520-9156. 22(S1).
• Larbi, Dillys; Bradway, Meghan; Randine, Pietro; Antypas, Konstantinos; Gabarron, Elia & Årsand, Eirik (2019). Do diabetes mHealth and online interventions evaluate what is important for users? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Research often presents patient needs from perceptions of healthcare professionals and researchers. Today, patients can formulate tailored questions and seek solutions for what they need to self-manage in many ways. We aimed to compare reported outcomes of mHealth and online intervention studies for diabetes selfmanagement to patient-reported needs, from a systematic review and a literature review respectively. Although we found similarities between the reported outcomes and the patient-reported needs, research has yet to meet all patient needs. Comprehensive methods for development and testing of interventions should be explored to meet the specific needs of patients.

• Gabarron, Elia; Petersen, Carolyn; Denecke, Kerstin; Merolli, Mark & Lopez-Campos, Guillermo (2019). Panel: Artificial Intelligence in participatory health and social media: Current perspectives and opportunities.
• Gabarron, Elia (2019). The Delphi study. Creating a health promotion intervention on diabetes.
• Gabarron, Elia; Smaradottir, Berglind & Årsand, Eirik (2019). Health promotion priorities for diabetes: Results of a Delphi study. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. ISSN 1520-9156. doi: 10.1089/dia.2019.2525.abstracts.
• Gabarron, Elia; Smaradottir, Berglind & Årsand, Eirik (2019). HEALTH PROMOTION PRIORITIES FOR DIABETES: RESULTS OF A DELPHI STUDY.
• Gabarron, Elia (2019). Twitter revealed a more positive attitude towards type 1 diabetes. [Internett]. Science Nordic.
• Gabarron, Elia (2019). Twitter avslørte en mer positiv holdning til diabetes type 1 enn type 2. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
• Gabarron, Elia & Arnstad, Mali Anette (2018). Diabetes patients want more information about research. [Internett]. ScienceNordic. Vis sammendrag

  Research shows that diabetes patients do not just want to receive information about nutrition, but are also interested in learning about research and innovation. A new project will investigate how this can be done via social media.

• Gabarron, Elia (2018). Helseråd på Facebook hjelper folk med diabetes. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
• Gabarron, Elia (2018). eSalud: Retos y necesidades actuales de los profesionales de la Salud.
• Gabarron, Elia (2018). Participatory Health and Social Media in the age of fake news.
• Gabarron, Elia (2018). Social media as enabler of health research.
• Gabarron, Elia & Fernandez-Luque, Luis (2018). The use of gamification in empowerment.
• Gabarron, Elia; Merolli, Mark; Petersen, Carolyn; Bamidis, Panagiotis D. & Martin-Sanchez, Fernando (2018). Panel: Participatory health and the future of co-created eHealth.
• Gabarron, Elia; Dorronzoro, Enrique; Rivera-Romero, Octavio & Årsand, Eirik (2018). Diabetes social media users’ preferences for a health promotion intervention.
• Gabarron, Elia (2018). Round table: Drivers and Barriers for a Paradigm Shift in Health.
• Wynn, Rolf; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Johnsen, Jan-Are Kolset & Gabarron, Elia (2017). Tweets are not always supportive of patients with mental disorders. International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). ISSN 1568-4156. 17(3). doi: 10.5334/ijic.3261.
• Merolli, Mark; Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Denecke, Kerstin & Gabarron, Elia (2017). When social media do not deliver as intended in health: Considerations and possible solutions for dealing with undesirable outcomes.
• Gabarron, Elia (2017). Identifying patients' needs.
• Gabarron, Elia; Armayones, Manuel; Garcia, Pilar; Wynn, Rolf & Årsand, Eirik (2017). Healthcare representatives tweeting about #diabetes: Follow the leaders!
• Gabarron, Elia (2017). Blir facebook den nye legen? [Internett]. UIT.no.
• Gabarron, Elia; Lau, A. Y. S. & Wynn, Rolf (2016). Weekly pattern for online information-seeking on HIV – a multi-language study.
• Gabarron, Elia (2016). What are diabetes patients discussing on social media?
• Wynn, Rolf; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Johnsen, Jan-Are Kolset & Gabarron, Elia (2016). Tweets are not always supportive of patients with mental disorders.
• Gabarron, Elia (2016). Should you be using Facebook for health information? [Internett]. http://sciencenordic.com/should-you-be-using-facebook-health.
• Gabarron, Elia (2016). Folk bruker Facebook til å lære om sykdommen sin. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
• Gabarron, Elia; Bradway, Meghan & Årsand, Eirik (2016). What are diabetes patients discussing on social media? International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). ISSN 1568-4156. 16(5). doi: 10.5334/ijic.2600. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Atique, S; Househ, M; Fernandez Luque, Luis; Syed-Abdul, Shabbir; Gabarron, Elia & Wan, M [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2016). Lessons learnt from MOOCs about how social media can improve Digital Health Literacy.
• Gabarron, Elia (2015). Helsepersonell-tweets deles minst. [Internett]. Dagens Medisin.
• Gabarron, Elia (2015). Lecture on "Gamification and social media for health behavior change".
• Gabarron, Elia; Makhlysheva, Alexandra & Marco, Luis (2015). Type 1 diabetes in Twitter: who all listen to?
• Gabarron, Elia (2015). Seminar on "Gamification and social media for health behaviour change".
• Mayer, Miguel A.; Fernandez Luque, Luis; Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Denecke, Kerstin; Hansen, Margareth & Merolli, Mark [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2015). The Ethical Challenges of Social Media in Healthcare.
• Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Gabarron, Elia & Wynn, Rolf (2014). Ebola, Twitter, and Misinformation: A dangerous combination? BMJ. British Medical Journal. ISSN 0959-8146. 349. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6178.
• Gabarron, Elia & Fernandez Luque , Luis (2014). Comunicación audiovisual. I Basagoiti, Ignacio (Red.), Alfabetización en Salud. De la Información a la Acción. ITACA - Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. ISSN 978-84-695-5267-4. s. 229–244.
• Gabarron, Elia; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Fernandez Luque , Luis & Serrano, Artur (2014). Can a game-style web app prevent sexually transmitted diseases?
• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Artur; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Fernandez Luque , Luis & Wynn, Rolf (2014). Play as a prevention strategy: Using a web app to teach youth about STDs. Vis sammendrag

  Introduction Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Norway. In 2012, the 85,7% of reported chlamydia cases were found in persons below 29 years of age. A game-style web app www.sjekkdeg.no optimized for desktop computers, mobile phones and tablet computers on sexual health has been running for 1 year. 1. Methods The web app includes the use of avatars, which provides anonymity in the visits and gives access to a symptom checker, written lessons, and videos on sexual health. Google analytics was used to collect data and evaluate the usefulness of this approach to help the Norwegian youth become more aware of STDs and preventing their spread. 2. Results The Google Analytics statistics for the entire 2013, show that the web app had 3670 visits (35% returning visitors), with a mean of 20.6 pages/visit and a mean time on site of 5:02 minutes. A total of 2686 reached the web app through desktop computers, 637 from mobiles, and 347 from tablets. The symptom checker was the most visited page (6472 visits), followed by the written lessons (6013 visits). 3. Discussion Judging from the high rate of return users and the time users spent on the site, the educative web app on sexual health sjekkdeg.no seems to be a promising way to encourage Norwegian youth to learn more about STDs and prevent their spread.

• Gabarron, Elia; Fernandez Luque , Luis; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Serrano, Artur & Wynn, Rolf (2014). A randomized online health experiment for a safer youth sexual behaviour. Vis sammendrag

  Introduction Gamification websites and apps are considered a good way to promote a safer sexual life, however there is a lack of studies in sexual health portals analyzing the impact of each of its functionalities. The aim of this project is to assess the impact of a game-based appointment system in www.sjekkdeg.no, a Norwegian gamified web app with thousands of visitors focused on sexual health education. 1. Methods A new feature for booking appointments at the venereology unit of the University Hospital North Norway using the web app sjekkdeg.no will be offered randomly to half of the users of the web app (Group A), while the other half only will have access to the educative web app, without the appointment system (Group B). 2. Results The average time on site, including every educative component, and the number of appointments using the game-based system, as well as the health professionals’ satisfaction, will be analysed (Group A versus Group B) after one year. 3. Discussion The A/B testing methodology may help to know if a game-based appointment system can facilitate the access to health services for youth, as well as to analyze its potential impact on clinical service settings.

• Laukli, Randi; Makhlysheva, Alexandra; Gabarron, Elia & Hernes, Magdalena (2013). Apper og spill inntar helsesektoren . [Internett]. Forskning.no. Vis sammendrag

  Én app kan hjelpe oss å holde oversikt over hva vi spiser, mens en annen kan hjelpe oss å mestre en kronisk sykdom.

• Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Artur & Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck (2013). www.sjekkdeg.no.
• Gabarron, Elia (2013). Una aplicación para sacar a la clamidia de su escondite. [Avis]. El Mundo.
• Gabarron, Elia; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Serrano, Artur; Fernandez-Luque, Luis & Dorronzoro, Enrique (2013). Gamification Strategy on Prevention of STDs for Youth. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. ISSN 0926-9630. 192, s. 1066–1066. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1066.
• Gabarron, Elia; Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck; Serrano, Artur; Fernandez-Luque, Luis & Dorronzoro, Enrique (2013). Gamification Strategy on Prevention of STDs for Youth. Vis sammendrag

  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and especially chlamydia is a worrying problem among North-Norwegian youngsters. Gamified web applications should be valued for sexual health education, and thus STDs prevention, for their potential to get users engaged and involved with their healthcare. Aiming to achieve that youngsters become more aware of STDs we have developed “sjekkdeg.no”, a gamified web application focused on sexual health targeting North-Norwegian youngsters. Gamification techniques like avatars, achievement-based gifts and social network sharing buttons have been implemented in the site that includes educational content on sexual health and a STDs symptom checker. Preliminary results show that the game-style web app could be useful to encourage users to learn more on sexual health and STDs and thus changing their risky behaviors and preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

• Gabarron, Elia & Fernandez-Luque, Luis (2012). eHealth and online videos for health promotion. GACETA SANITARIA JOURNAL. ISSN 0213-9111. 26(3), s. 197–200. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2012.03.004.
• Gabarron, Elia; Wynn, Rolf; Serrano, Artur; Wootton, Richard & Armayones, Manuel (2017). Social media and sexual health – New arenas for information on sexually transmitted infections and promotion of healthy sexual behavior. Universitetet i Tromsø. ISSN 978-82-7589-536-1.
• Gabarron, Elia; Hoaas, Hanne & Johnsen, Elin (2017). Kunnskapsoppsummering: Sosial, digital kontakt for å motvirke ensomhet blant eldre. Nasjonalt senter for e-helseforskning. ISSN 978-82-8242-065-5. Vis sammendrag

  Dette er en rapport fra prosjektet «Sosial, digital kontakt for å motvirke ensomhet blant eldre», iverksatt av Helsedirektoratet under Velferdsteknologiprogrammet. Prosjektet skal etablere kunnskap om IKT-opplæring kan bidra til å vedlikeholde og styrke eldres muligheter til å opprettholde sine sosiale nettverk. Kunnskapsbasis skal være erfaringer fra opplæring drevet av fire frivillige organisasjoner og finansiert av Helsedirektoratet. Denne rapporten gir en kunnskapsoppsummering fra forskning på lignende opplæring/kurs i Europa og USA. Målet er å avdekke erfaringer fra lignende opplæring.

• Laranjo, Liliana; Lau, A. Y. S.; Oldenburg, B; Gabarron, Elia; O'Neill, A & Chan, S [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2015). mHealth technologies for chronic disease prevention and management: an Evidence Check review brokered by the Sax Institute (www.saxinstitute.org.au) for Healthdirect Australia, 2015. Sax Institute. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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