Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single most common cause of death
globally. However, with falling CHD mortality rates, an increasing number of people live with …

OBJECTIVE: This article reviews key communication issues involved in the design of
effective and humane eHealth applications to help guide strategic development and …

This study explores the antecedents and consequences of health information privacy
concerns in online health communities by integrating the dual calculus and protection …

Background Recent eHealth developments have elevated the importance of assessing the
extent to which technology has empowered patients and improved health, particularly …

This paper contributes to the discussion on patient engagement in online health
communities (OHCs) by integrating channel expansion and social exchange theories. Using …

Objective: In the past decade, there has been no systematic review of the evidence for
maintenance of physical activity and/or dietary behavior change following intervention …

Objective (1) To investigate the impact of education on patients' knowledge;(2) to determine
if educational interventions are related to health behavior change in cardiac patients; and (3) …

Background Social network technologies have become part of health education and wider
health promotion—either by design or happenstance. Social support, peer pressure, and …

Background Intensive diet and physical activity interventions have been found to reduce
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but are resource intensive. The American Heart …

Aims To evaluate the effects of eHealth cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on health outcomes of
coronary heart disease patients and to identify programme design, which may lead to more …