A scoping review of mHealth technologies for opioid overdose prevention, detection and response

Scoping review
by
Tas, Basak et al

Release Date

2023

Geography

International

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Yes

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Objective

The aim of this scoping review is to identify published studies on mobile health (mHealth) technologies that attempt to prevent, detect or respond to opioid overdose.

Findings/Key points

There are multiple routes in which these technologies may be deployed, but several factors impact acceptability (e.g., discretion or size) and accuracy of detection (e.g., sensitive parameter/threshold with low false positive rate).

Design/methods

Scoping review - 14 studies included

Keywords

Digital health
Overdose