Dr. Sitwat Usman Langrial
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Dr. Sitwat Usman Langrial has earned his doctorate from the University of Oulu, Finland, specialising in Health Information Systems. During his doctoral studies, he was the project leader of SALWE that was funded by the Finnish Funding Agency, TEKES. Prior to the doctorate, he earned MSc (Information Technology – Her Majesty’s Scholarship Funded) from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and MBA from the University of Wollongong, Australia and MS in Applied Finance from the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He has worked for Capital Finance, Australia, GE Finance, Australia, University of Western Sydney, Australia, Kylle Management & Consultants, New Zealand, University of Wollongong (Australia), University of Aberdeen, UK and Sur University, Sultanate of Oman. He comes from a diverse international background in both industry and academia. His research interests cover psychological wellbeing, social media, digital transformation, persuasive technologies and Public Healthcare. He is the author of several high-quality journal publications, globally recognized international conference proceedings and a book on Psychological Interventions that has been added to PsycINFO.
Publications
- Al Awaidy, Salah T., Huda Al Siyabi, Madan Khatiwada, Amal Al Siyabi, Said Al Mukhaini, Carine Dochez, Dennis Misac Giron, Sitwat Usman Langrial, and Ozayr Mahomed. “Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine’s Acceptability Amongst Health Care Workers in Oman: A Cross-Sectional Study.” Journal of Infection and Public Health (2022).
- Al Harthy, Harith, Jehan Al Fannah, Hasina Al Harithi, Sitwat Usman Langrial, and Salah T. Al Awaidy. “An Innovative Communication Approach to Mitigate Suffering Among COVID-19 Patients and Their Families: An Experience From Oman.” Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021).
- Al Araimi, Fannah Al Fannah, Sitwat Usman Langrial, and Salah T. Al Awaidy. “Public health messages for social behaviour change in the wake of COVID-19: A qualitative study.” Oman Medical Journal 36, no. 2 (2021): e254.
- Langrial, Sitwat Usman, and Fannah Al Fannah Al Araimi. “Social Behavior Change Messages for Tackling COVID-19 Pandemic in Oman: A Qualitative Study.” (2021).
- Al Rashidi, Badria, Ahmed H. Al Wahaibi, Ozayr Mahomed, Sitwat Usman Langrial, and Salah T. Al Awaidy. “Role of primary healthcare in the response to COVID-19: The Oman experience.” Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care 2021, no. 1 (2021): 3.
- Langrial, Sitwat Usman, and Päivi Lappalainen. “EHealth Interventions for People Suffering from Sleep Problems and Depressive Symptoms: Qualitative Findings and Future Research Directions.” In Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment, pp. 1180-1200. IGI Global, 2021.
- Lappalainen, P., Langrial, S., O. K. Harri., Jooma, M., Lappalainen, R., 2019. ACT for Sleep-Internet-Delivered Self-Help ACT for Sub-clinical and Clinical Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Contextual Behaviour Science.
- Al-Araimi, F.A. and Langrial, S.U., 2016. A Hypothetical Model to Predict Nursing Students’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Pre-Service Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Training. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 16(4), p.e 469.
- Kuonanoja, L., Langrial, S., Lappalainen, R., Lappalainen, P. and Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Treating depression with a behaviour change support system without face-to-face therapy. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(3), pp.192-210.
- Lappalainen, P., Langrial, S., Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Tolvanen, A. and Lappalainen, R., 2015. Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy for depressive symptoms with minimal support: a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour modification, 39(6), pp.805-834.
- Langrial, S. U., & Ham, J. (2020, April). Mobile-based Text Messages for Improved Pediatric Health in Rural Areas of Pakistan: A Qualitative Study. In International Conference on Persuasive Technology (pp. 150-159). Springer, Cham.
- Ham, J., & Langrial, S. U. (2020, April). Learning to Stop Smoking: Understanding
Persuasive Applications’ Long-Term Behavior Change Effectiveness Through User Achievement Motivation. In International Conference on Persuasive Technology (pp. 139-149). Springer, Cham.
- Langrial, S.U., Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Lappalainen, P. and Lappalainen, R., 2018. Treating Sleep Disorders with an ACT-Based Behavior Change Support System. In Web-Based Behavioral Therapies for Mental Disorders (pp. 53-78). IGI Global.
- Langrial, S.U. and Lappalainen, P., 2018. EHealth Interventions for People Suffering from Sleep Problems and Depressive Symptoms: Qualitative Findings and Future Research Directions. In Web-Based Behavioral Therapies for Mental Disorders (pp. 111-138). IGI Global.
- Langrial, S.U. and Al Araimi, F.A.F., 2017. Promoting Pediatric Healthcare through Persuasive Information Systems: A Qualitative Study. PACIS 2017