Digital interventions for improving quality of life and physical function in adults aged 50 and over living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effectiveness of digital health interventions, compared with usual care, non-digital structured intervention, or no intervention, in improving quality of life and physical function among community-dwelling adults (i.e. people living in the community) aged 50 years or over, diagnosed with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, low-back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, or polymyalgia rheumatica.
Authors
- Sofia Serra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8953-4126)
- Ana Rita Henriques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-0843)
- CAROLINA ALBANEZ ALBUQUERQUE CUNHA ANDRADE
- Ana Maria Rodrigues
- Elsa F Mateus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0059-2141)
- D. De Cock
- Teresa Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6478-4241)
- Monserrat Conde
- Nuno Mendonça
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Portuguese League Against Epilepsy (PT)
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (PT)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd016341
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00