Digital health technologies offer a unique opportunity to improve primordial and primary stroke prevention, though several challenges must be addressed to advance their development and use.
Systematic Review
Do digital health technologies improve primordial and primary stroke prevention?
This systematic review outlines the current knowledge, challenges, and opportunities for using digital health technologies in primordial and primary stroke prevention.
The stroke burden continues to grow across the globe, disproportionally affecting developing countries. This burden cannot be effectively halted and reversed without effective and widely implemented primordial and primary stroke prevention measures, including those on the individual level. The unprecedented growth of smartphone and other digital technologies with digital solutions are now being used in almost every area of health, offering a unique opportunity to improve primordial and primary stroke prevention on the individual level. However, there are several issues that need to be considered to advance development and use this important digital strategy for primordial and primary stroke prevention. Using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines we provide a systematic review of the current knowledge, challenges, and opportunities of digital health in primordial and primary stroke prevention.
Feigin et al. (Thu,) conducted a systematic review in Stroke prevention. Digital health technologies was evaluated. Digital health technologies offer a unique opportunity to improve primordial and primary stroke prevention, though several challenges must be addressed to advance their development and use.