Prescription Digital Therapeutics Research Across Clinical, Engagement, Regulatory, and Implementation Domains: A Bibliometric and Thematic Study.

초록

Prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) are Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized software-based treatments designed to treat a range of conditions on the smartphone. Their development and deployment rely on four foundational scientific domains: clinical, engagement, regulatory, and implementation. However, the relative representation of these domains in the PDT literature has not been systematically characterized. We conducted a bibliometric and thematic analysis of PubMed-indexed arti