Videoconferencing Health Interventions for Disabled Populations

This paper presents a literature available on videoconferencing mHealth interventions for people experiencing disabilities. The paper offers a summary and synthesis of the state of knowledge in the field. The intention here is to summarise issues relating to health topics, design and key results that can inform future mHealth research for disabled populations. The studies in this review will be categorised based on health topics. This review includes diverse health topics such as mental health (depression awareness, management and psychotherapy and PTSD therapy), disease management and rehabilitation for heart disease, MS and physical disabilities. Following a literature search, 13 studies were retrieved. The studies were trials with a control group containing a health and videoconferencing intervention component. All the trials used quantitative methods to explore the benefits and barriers of mHealth for improving health. The findings were that videoconferencing was considered an appropriate modality for interventions for disabled populations. This is an important outcome for developers of interventions and medical staff.