JMIR Formative Research

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the rapid integration of telemedicine into health care delivery. As a result, the ability to effectively collaborate in interprofessional virtual teams became a necessity, as did the development of educational opportunities designed to equip health care students with these skills. Currently, there is a lack of dedicated tools to assess learners’ ability and readiness to function as a well-coordinated virtual medical team.

This pilot study provides evidence that multimodal online recruitment and engagement are feasible for mixed methods social determinants of health research with sociodemographically diverse Black breast cancer survivors.

Exergames are increasingly used in rehabilitation to simultaneously target physical and cognitive functions. Game scores are commonly used as indicators of performance, yet it remains unclear to what extent they reflect underlying movement and cognitive-control demands. Understanding this relationship is essential for interpreting what exergame performance scores reflect during gameplay.

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common among nursing home residents, notably those with Alzheimer disease and related diseases, impacting both themselves and health care professionals. Nonpharmacological interventions, including virtual reality (VR), have shown promise, but evidence from multicenter ecological studies remains limited.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for telepsychiatry in neurodevelopmental assessment; however, few studies have examined the interrater reliability of clinician-rated autism scales, such as the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS2), when used remotely. Although the feasibility and validity of telehealth assessments have been explored previously, the consistency between remote and in person CARS2 ratings by different clinicians remains underinvestigated.

Mental Health Online, MindSpot, and THIS WAY UP are 3 Australian Government–funded digital mental health services (DMHSs). These services are free for consumers and deliver a range of (depression and anxiety disorder) psychological assessments and interventions using the internet, with or without clinician support.

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) involves an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse consequences and represents a major public health problem. While AUD is most prevalent among college students, integrated evidence-based treatments for this population are lacking.

Adequate sleep supports mood regulation and injury prevention in high school female athletes; however, insufficient sleep is common in this population. Wearable devices enable continuous assessment of objective sleep metrics, but personalized feedback based on daily sleep data remains underexplored.

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, with a poor prognosis despite Stupp protocol treatment. Given the substantial burden of the disease and its therapies, monitoring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is essential. Smartphone-based approaches may enable continuous, low-burden monitoring.

Despite being established risk factors for poor mental or brain health outcomes in aging, rest-activity rhythm (RAR) disturbances are not routinely monitored or treated. This is, in part, due to a lack of clinician-friendly RAR monitoring systems.

A sedentary lifestyle is a global health crisis that contributes to chronic disease and premature mortality. Adolescents with mild intellectual disability attending Dutch practical education (PrO) schools face elevated health risks due to low levels of physical activity (PA) and limited conceptual, social, and practical skills. Digital health interventions offer scalable solutions, but require contextual adaptation informed by formative research. However, understanding of PA behavior in this population and context remains limited because existing research relies on partial lenses and lacks integration of theory, participatory methods, and multistakeholder insights.

The digitalization of health care has accelerated the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) apps in general and family medicine in Portugal. These tools may support chronic disease management and clinical decision-making. However, limited high-quality scientific evidence and the absence of a national framework for certification and quality standards create uncertainty about their safe integration into clinical practice.