
Intervention Functionality
Intervention goals, theoretical background, social support, intervention structure, and performed quality.
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Intervention Goals
POSITIVE
- Individualized or timely feedback 
- Remotely consultation with HCPs - Provide sufficient health information 
NEGATIVE
- Be forced to share data with HCPs, which is undesired by patient 
- Under long-term video-based monitoring 
DOUBLE-EDGED
- Remote data monitoring 
- Self-management support 
- Health information provision and patient education 
- Shared decision-making 
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Social support
POSITIVE
- Interact with a real human being 
- Regular and continuous patient-to-physician interaction 
- Connect with peers 
- Exchange health information and advice with family and friends 
NEGATIVE
- Replace interpersonal connections with HCPs 
- Lack of physical human contact with HCPs 
- Unable to contact HCPs directly or obtain timely feedback 
DOUBLE-EDGED
- Remote connection 
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Performed Quality
POSITIVE
- Reliability and credibility (eg, owner’s credibility, maintenance, third party verification, research support, involvement of clinical experts in the design process, and empirical evidence for successful implementation) 
- Regulation compliance 
- Flexibility 
NEGATIVE
- Less accuracy of clinical assessments 
- Lack of availability and accessibility 
- Lack of safety and privacy (eg, incorrect intervention dosage and the absence of privacy notifications) 
- Without well-defined or safely standardized clinical indicators 
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Intervention Structure
POSITIVE
- A structured format or regular weekly contact with HCPs 
- Longer duration 
- Flexible interventions 
NEGATIVE
- Structured interventions not tailored to patients’ individual symptoms and preferences 
- Structured interventions that constantly remind patients of their symptoms 
DOUBLE-EDGED
- The intensity, frequency or duration of interventions 
- Prefixed interventions 
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Theoretical Background
POSITIVE
- Presence of multiple underlying theories (BCTsd, EBIse, and persuasive technology) 
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