Digital health: Promises, challenges, and fears. A literature review

作者：del Rio C**** M; Roux P; Bruchez C; Santiago Delefosse M

来源：Pratiques Psychologiques, 2017, 23(1): 61-77.

DOI：10.1016/j.prps.2016.06.004

• Quantified self
• E-health
• M-health
• Quantified body
• Self-tracking
• Self-monitoring
• Wearables
• Digital health

In the past years, the advent of the Internet and the democratisation of "smart" phones the use of wearable digital tools linked to specific "apps" is becoming increasingly common. Such use consists on the record of embodied and physiological states and their transformation to biometric data via those tools. Data are interpreted and even shared by individuals who intend to monitor or even control their own health practices in everyday life. The aim of this article is to propose a literature review in English and French within the field of digital health. Our analysis reveals two main trends of recent work, regardless the discipline or the origin of the articles. One trend is defined by its enthusiasm, often hand in hand with hopes and promises regarding the development of digital health technologies. The other trend is characterised by a critical attitude, focussing on socioeconomic and political implications of such technologies in terms of surveillance and risk. Our discussion consists on an in-depth reflection of the dimensions that define each one of these trends. We identify a set of interrogations raised by existing research, namely with regard to psychology. Finally, we conclude by highlighting future research perspectives.

• 出版日期2017-3