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Dr Dorothy Szinay

Psychologist at Insight Horizon Ltd
Verified email at dorothyszinay.com
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[HTML][HTML] Influences on the uptake of and engagement with health and well-being smartphone apps: systematic review

D Szinay, A Jones, T Chadborn, J Brown… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background The public health impact of health and well-being digital interventions is
dependent upon sufficient real-world uptake and engagement. Uptake is currently largely …

Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight‐related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review

D Szinay, CC Forbes, H Busse, A DeSmet… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile health interventions are promising behavior change tools. However, there is a concern
that they may benefit some populations less than others and thus widen inequalities in …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions of factors influencing engagement with health and well-being apps in the United Kingdom: qualitative interview study

D Szinay, O Perski, A Jones, T Chadborn… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Digital health devices, such as health and well-being smartphone apps, could
offer an accessible and cost-effective way to deliver health and well-being interventions. A …

[HTML][HTML] Influences on the uptake of health and well-being apps and curated app portals: think-aloud and interview study

D Szinay, O Perski, A Jones, T Chadborn… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Health and well-being smartphone apps can provide a cost-effective solution to
addressing unhealthy behaviors. The selection of these apps tends to occur in commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding uptake of digital health products: methodology tutorial for a discrete choice experiment using the bayesian efficient design

D Szinay, R Cameron, F Naughton, JA Whitty… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Understanding the preferences of potential users of digital health products is beneficial for
digital health policy and planning. Stated preference methods could help elicit individuals’ …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between self-esteem and smoking and excessive alcohol consumption in the UK: A cross-sectional study using the BBC UK Lab database

D Szinay, I Tombor, C Garnett, N Boyt… - Addictive Behaviors …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction There is mixed evidence regarding the associations between self-esteem and
smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. This study aimed to investigate whether self-…

Perceptions of factors influencing engagement with health and wellbeing apps: a qualitative study using the COM-B model and theoretical domains framework as an …

D Szinay, O Perski, A Jones, T Chadborn… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Background: Digital health media, such as health and wellbeing smartphone apps, could
offer an accessible and cost-effective way to deliver health and wellbeing interventions. A key …

Interventions to increase personal protective behaviours to limit the spread of respiratory viruses: A rapid evidence review and meta‐analysis

O Perski, D Szinay, E Corker, L Shahab… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Increasing personal protective behaviours is critical for stopping the spread of
respiratory viruses, including SARS‐CoV‐2: We need evidence to inform how to achieve this. We …

Within‐person associations between psychological and contextual factors and lapse incidence in smokers attempting to quit: A systematic review and meta‐analysis …

…, D Kwasnicka, D Kale, V Schneider, D Szinay… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims When attempting to stop smoking, discrete smoking events (‘lapses’) are strongly
associated with a return to regular smoking (‘relapse’). No study has yet pooled the psychological …

Attitudes towards faecal immunochemical testing in patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer: an online survey of GPs in England

…, BD Nicholson, J Sheringham, D Szinay… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjgp.org
Background There is increasing interest in using a quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT)
to rule out colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with high-risk symptoms in primary care. …