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S Afr Fam Pract (2004)
August 2025
Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Technology, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha.
Background: Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) is a growing concern, particularly among university students, due to its potential negative impacts on mental health, academic performance, and daily functioning. Characterized by compulsive smartphone use, PSU is linked to anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Understanding PSU in university settings is essential for creating effective interventions.
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September 2025
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Purpose: Depression among college students is a growing concern that negatively affects academic performance, emotional well-being, and career planning. Existing diagnostic methods are often slow, subjective, and inaccessible, underscoring the need for automated systems that can detect depressive symptoms through digital behavior, particularly on social media platforms.
Method: This study proposes a novel natural language processing (NLP) framework that combines a RoBERTa-based Transformer with gated recurrent unit (GRU) layers and multimodal embeddings.
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
September 2025
Department of Optometry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
Background: Social media has become a platform where unheard voices within different communities are shared with government.
Aim: The study explored and described expressed reactions of social media users regarding the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa.
Setting: This study was conducted online on existing social media platforms that share current news.
Background: The growing approval and use of digital therapeutics (DTx) for managing chronic diseases, such as diabetes, has prompted questions about their effectiveness.
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to report the effectiveness of DTx interventions in the management of patients with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes.
Methods: Data sources, including Web of Science, MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library, were searched from inception to July 30, 2023.
J Med Internet Res
September 2025
Institute for Health Care Management and Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Background: Mental and behavioral disorders affect approximately 28% of the adult population in Germany per year, with treatment being provided through a diverse health care system. Yet there are access and capacity problems in outpatient mental health care. One innovation that could help reduce these barriers and improve the current state of care is the use of mobile health (mHealth) apps, known in Germany as Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA).
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