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Thank you for sharing your discussion, Than. My curiosity was piqued about whether the finding would differ from other kinds of research designs, such as longitudinal analysis, cohort studies, and time-series analysis, when you mentioned it’s a cross-sectional analysis. Regarding spatial analysis, I am not sure whether adding location data as an…[Read more]

As you discussed, I believe that divorce can bring serious mental complications in places where people consider marriage as a higher cultural value and societal expectation, as the paper mentioned. Statistical modeling, to be specific, two models of regression analysis are used for prediction and inference, by the relationship between the…[Read more]

I love the fact that you mentioned people in rural areas tend to have lower suicide rates due to their relationship (community support). Although such a strong social connection is not a risk factor, I agree that a lack of social connection would impose the risk.

Thank you for your comment, Than. Data-driven public health responses without ecological fallacy are an effective solution.

Thank you for sharing your valuable insight about how GIS / spatial clustering methods would help, Wannisa.

Q1. Why was the author interested in investigating the suicide problem in Thailand during that time?

The fact that the number of suicides has consistently ranged between 3,600 and 4,000 annually would draw noticeable attention to normal people. The author, including scholars, was interested in investigating the factors influencing the suicide…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing your discussion. Regarding databases, to be more specific, historically, they lacked the functions of databases that offer storage, management, integrity, security, data retrieval, etc, for performing spatial epidemiological research. The lack of such technology support acted as a barrier to the continuation of further…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing your discussion. I can certainly see that the place where we live and work can be regarded as a potential disease determinant. Even office jobs are exposed to eye strain, obesity, cardiovascular disease, back and neck pain, stress, burnout, forward head posture, etc.

Q1 (a). What are possible reasons locations in epidemiological research have not been incorporated as much as other components in epidemiological research?

Answer: The main reason could be the difficulties in correlating with places/locations in epidemiological research because chorographia or geography was not a part of epidemiological…[Read more]

Privacy was one of the most dissatisfactory facts. Not only are developers responsible for it, but also an interdisciplinary team for user safety and privacy as a whole, such as a data protection officer and, product manager.

The ability to access user data by developers is a significant concern. This is why the critical elements of any software are not its features, but the software firm’s strict adherence to data privacy and compliance standards, which technically prevents in-house engineers or anyone from accessing live data.

I agree with your analysis. The dissatisfaction with privacy, despite good functionality, shows that user trust is important. To improve their apps, they have to work on them effectively.

Thanks for sharing your opinion. It’s crucial to maintain a patient-centered, empathetic perspective, even when medical professionals are overwhelmed with their tasks. Instead of rescheduling the patient’s appointment with one click without notice, one call to explain the reasons for the change would be more appropriate and respectful.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree that advance notification for appointment changes should be a required protocol.

Thank you for sharing your discussion. I haven’t considered such an analysis by comparing travelers and non-travelers to provide insights for the imposition of stricter travel restrictions. As for me, since disease surveillance needs to be timely, I would suggest health screening monitoring, or requesting health declaration forms at points of…[Read more]

What role does privacy play in user evaluations?

Not all users who rated the privacy aspects of the apps were satisfied with them. The majority of users expressed concerns about their privacy. It includes

– Excessive permission requests by software to function
– Concerns of data leakage and personal information security, such as unwanted SMS…[Read more]

It’s interesting to see that night work/life is still functioning (very little), although the night-time curfew led to a significantly decreased RoG value. When “curfew” is mentioned, I thought it’s unnecessarily serious because I am familiar only to “military martial law curfew”. I didn’t realize other kinds of curfew exists, e.g., public health curfew.

How did government restrictions affect mobility patterns?

The government restrictions include the closure of the friendship bridge, provincial entry and exit restrictions, with the establishment of checkpoints on main roads and a nationwide curfew.

It was introduced during Interval 4: 4 April 2020 to 3 May 2020 (30 days), the period of the most…[Read more]

The major barrier is a usability or experience issue, as you mentioned. If the app aims to be targeted at different kinds of audiences, it should have been designed with the principles of inclusive design, most importantly, age-friendly design.

Yes, I agree with it unless emails are not as excessive as spam or marketing emails. Otherwise, we would pay attention to it.