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Recognizing the importance of collaborative decision making (CDM) and patient engagement in chronic disease treatment, this review explored how HRSs support patients in managing their illness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A scoping review was conducted using the framework proposed by Arksey and O\u2019Malley, advanced by Levac et al., in line with the PRISMA-ScR checklist. Quantitative (descriptive numerical summary) and qualitative (inductive content analysis) methods wered used to synthesize the data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Forty-five articles were included in the final review, most commonly covering diabetes (9\/45, 20%), mental health (9\/45, 20.0%), and tobacco dependence (7\/45, 15.6%). Behavior change theories (10\/45, 22.2%) and authoritative sources (10\/45, 22.2%) were the most commonly referenced sources for design and development work. From the thematic analysis, we conclude: (a) the main goal of HRSs is to induce behavior change, but limited research investigates their effectiveness in achieving this aim; (b) studies acknowledge that theories, models, frameworks, and\/or guidelines help design HRSs to elicit specific behavior change, but they do not implement them; (c) connections between CDM and HRS purpose should be more explicit; and (d) HRSs can often offer other self-management services, such as progress tracking and chatbots.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We recommend a greater emphasis on evaluation outcomes beyond algorithmic performance to determine HRS effectiveness and the creation of an evidence-driven, methodological approach to creating HRSs to optimize their use in enhancing patient care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Lay summary<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our work aims to provide a summary of the current landscape of health recommender system (HRS) use for chronic disease management. HRSs are digital tools designed to help people manage their health by providing personalized recommendations based on their health history, behaviors, and preferences, enabling them to make more informed health decisions. Given the increased use of these tools for personalized care, and especially with advancements in generative artificial intelligence, understanding the current methods and evaluation processes used is integral to optimizing their effectiveness. Our findings show that HRSs are most used for diabetes, mental health, and tobacco dependence, but only a small percentage of publications directly reference and\/or use relevant frameworks to help guide their design and evaluation processes. Furthermore, the goal for most of these HRSs is to induce behavior change, but there is limited research investigating how effective they are in accomplishing this. Given these findings, we recommend that evaluations shift their focus from algorithms to more holistic approaches and to be more intentional about the processes used when designing the tool to support an evidence-driven approach and ultimately create more effective and useful HRSs for chronic disease management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20552076241309386","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,7]],"date-time":"2025-01-07T02:13:39Z","timestamp":1736216019000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Health recommender systems to facilitate collaborative decision-making in chronic disease management: A scoping review"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8271-2030","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonia","family":"Barbaric","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenneth","family":"Christofferson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susanne M","family":"Benseler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada"},{"name":"Children's Health Ireland, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chitra","family":"Lalloo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alex","family":"Mariakakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Quynh","family":"Pham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joost F","family":"Swart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Wilhelmina, Children\u2019s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rae S M","family":"Yeung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Immunology and Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph A","family":"Cafazzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-20552076241309386","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/ebn.7.3.68"},{"key":"bibr2-20552076241309386","volume":"2","author":"O\u2019Grady L","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Particip Med"},{"key":"bibr3-20552076241309386","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1369-6513.2000.00076.x"},{"key":"bibr4-20552076241309386","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41746-020-0221-y"},{"key":"bibr5-20552076241309386","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Pincay J, Ter\u00e1n L, Portmann E. 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