TY - GEN
T1 - An Exploration of Engagement and Collaboration Between Healthcare Professionals and Older Adults with Multimorbidity Using a Digital Health Platform
AU - Doyle, Julie
AU - McAleer, Patricia
AU - Murphy, Emma
AU - Smith, Suzanne
AU - Galvin, Mary
AU - Dinsmore, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Multimorbidity, the occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is a significant global health issue. It requires individuals to engage in complex self-management. It is understood that support from a care network, including healthcare professionals (HCPs), is crucial and can motivate adherence to self-management, act as an enabler to effective self-management and guide and reassure the person. However, people with multimorbidity (PwMs) often report challenges in their relationships with HCPs. Digital health technologies have potential to facilitate PwMs to share responsibility in their care by equipping them with the tools to better self-manage and to collaborate with their HCPs. This paper reports on findings from 60 PwM and 16 HCP participants who took part in the ProACT trial, whereby PwMs used the platform for a period of 12 months. Semi-structured interviews with participants resulted in four themes relating to engagement and collaboration in care, including HCP Scenarios of Engagement; The PwM Becoming a Collaborator in their Care; The Utility of Data; and Towards Integration of Care – Benefits and Challenges.
AB - Multimorbidity, the occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is a significant global health issue. It requires individuals to engage in complex self-management. It is understood that support from a care network, including healthcare professionals (HCPs), is crucial and can motivate adherence to self-management, act as an enabler to effective self-management and guide and reassure the person. However, people with multimorbidity (PwMs) often report challenges in their relationships with HCPs. Digital health technologies have potential to facilitate PwMs to share responsibility in their care by equipping them with the tools to better self-manage and to collaborate with their HCPs. This paper reports on findings from 60 PwM and 16 HCP participants who took part in the ProACT trial, whereby PwMs used the platform for a period of 12 months. Semi-structured interviews with participants resulted in four themes relating to engagement and collaboration in care, including HCP Scenarios of Engagement; The PwM Becoming a Collaborator in their Care; The Utility of Data; and Towards Integration of Care – Benefits and Challenges.
KW - digital health
KW - healthcare professionals
KW - multimorbidity
KW - Older adults
KW - self-management
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85198949689
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-61546-7_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-61546-7_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85198949689
SN - 9783031615450
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 22
EP - 37
BT - Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population - 10th International Conference, ITAP 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Proceedings
A2 - Gao, Qin
A2 - Zhou, Jia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 10th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2024, held as part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024
Y2 - 29 June 2024 through 4 July 2024
ER -