BACKGROUND: Over the past 25 years, the development of multiuser applications has seen considerable advancements and challenges. The technological development in this field has emerged from simple chat rooms through videoconferencing tools to the creation of complex, interactive, and often multisensory virtual worlds. These multiuser technologies have gradually found their way into mental health care, where they are used in both dyadic counseling and group interventions. However, some limitations in hardware capabilities, user experience designs, and scalability may have hindered the effectiveness of these applications. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aims at summarizing the progress made and the potential future directions in this field while evaluating various factors and perspectives relevant to remote multiuser interventions. METHODS: The systematic review was performed based on a Web of Science and PubMed database search covering articles in English, published from January 1999 to March 2024, related to multiuser mental health interventions. Several inclusion and exclusion criteria were determined before and during the records screening process, which was performed in several steps. RESULTS: We identified 49 records exploring multiuser applications in mental health care, ranging from text-based interventions to interventions set in fully immersive environments. The number of publications exploring this topic has been growing since 2015, with a large increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most digital interventions were delivered in the form of videoconferencing, with only a few implementing immersive environments. The studies used professional or peer-supported group interventions or a combination of both approaches. The research studies targeted diverse groups and topics, from nursing mothers to psychiatric disorders or various minority groups. Most group sessions occurred weekly, or in the case of the peer-support groups, often with a flexible schedule. CONCLUSIONS: We identified many benefits to multiuser digital interventions for mental health care. These approaches provide distributed, always available, and affordable peer support that can be used to deliver necessary help to people living outside of areas where in-person interventions are easily available. While immersive virtual environments have become a common tool in many areas of psychiatric care, such as exposure therapy, our results suggest that this technology in multiuser settings is still in its early stages. Most identified studies investigated mainstream technologies, such as videoconferencing or text-based support, substituting the immersive experience for convenience and ease of use. While many studies discuss useful features of virtual environments in group interventions, such as anonymity or stronger engagement with the group, we discuss persisting issues with these technologies, which currently prevent their full adoption.
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- duševní poruchy terapie MeSH
- duševní zdraví MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- služby péče o duševní zdraví * MeSH
- telemedicína MeSH
- videokonferování MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- systematický přehled MeSH
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- COVID-19 * MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- marketing statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- motivace MeSH
- plastická chirurgie * trendy MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- statistika jako téma MeSH
- telekomunikace statistika a číselné údaje trendy MeSH
- videokonferování MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Klíčová slova
- karboxymaltóza železa,
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- ambulantní infuzní terapie MeSH
- deficit železa diagnóza etiologie MeSH
- ferritin analýza krev účinky léků MeSH
- komorbidita MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- maltosa aplikace a dávkování terapeutické užití MeSH
- srdeční selhání * etiologie patofyziologie terapie MeSH
- webová vysílání jako téma MeSH
- železité sloučeniny aplikace a dávkování terapeutické užití MeSH
- železo metabolismus MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- novinové články MeSH
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- adherence pacienta MeSH
- antihypertenziva farmakokinetika klasifikace terapeutické užití MeSH
- fixní kombinace léků MeSH
- hypertenze * etiologie farmakoterapie MeSH
- krevní tlak účinky léků MeSH
- léky s prodlouženým účinkem MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- věk při počátku nemoci MeSH
- webová vysílání jako téma MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- novinové články MeSH
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- fertilizace in vitro MeSH
- genetická predispozice k nemoci MeSH
- genetické testování MeSH
- geny BRCA1 MeSH
- geny BRCA2 MeSH
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- mutace MeSH
- nádory prsu * diagnóza prevence a kontrola MeSH
- webová vysílání jako téma MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- novinové články MeSH
BACKGROUND: Exercise-based interventions prevent or delay symptoms and complications of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and are highly recommended for T2D patients; though with very low participation rates. Τelerehabilitation (TR) could act as an alternative to overcome the barriers preventing the promotion of T2D patients' well-being. AIM: Determine the effects of a six-week TR program on glycemic control, functional capacity, muscle strength, PA, quality of life and body composition in patients with T2D. DESIGN: A multicenter randomized, single-blind, parallel-group clinical study. SETTING: Clinical trial. POPULATION: Patients with T2D. METHODS: Thirty T2D patients (75% male, 60.1±10.9 years) were randomly allocated to an intervention group (IG) and a control group (CG) with no exercise intervention. IG enrolled in a supervised, individualized exercise program (combination of aerobic and resistance exercises), 3 times/week for 6 weeks at home via a TR platform. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), six-minute walk test (6MWT), muscle strength (Hand Grip Strength Test [HGS], 30-Second Chair Stand test [30CST] physical activity [IPAQ-SF]), quality of life (SF-36) and anthropometric variables were assessed. RESULTS: Two-way repeated-ANOVA showed a statistically significant interaction between group, time and test differences (6MWT, muscle strength) (V=0.33, F [2.17]=4.14, P=0.03, partial η2=0.22). Paired samples t-test showed a statistically significant improvement in HbA1c (Z=-2.7), 6MWT (Μean ∆=-36.9±27.2 m, t=-4.5), muscle strength (Μean ∆=-1.5±1.4 kg, t=-2.22). Similarly, SF-36 (mental health [Μean ∆=-13.3±21.3%], general health [Μean ∆
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- diabetes mellitus 2. typu * MeSH
- glykovaný hemoglobin MeSH
- jednoduchá slepá metoda MeSH
- kvalita života MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- síla ruky MeSH
- telerehabilitace * MeSH
- terapie cvičením MeSH
- videokonferování MeSH
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- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
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- farmacie MeSH
- kongresy jako téma MeSH
- videokonferování MeSH
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- zprávy MeSH
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- diabetes mellitus * MeSH
- kongresy jako téma MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- webová vysílání jako téma MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- zprávy MeSH