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Adding value to remote monitoring: Co-design of a health literacy intervention for older people with chronic disease delivered by telehealth - The telehealth literacy project.
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Patient Education & Counseling . Mar2020, Vol. 103 Issue 3, p597-606. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To co-design, test and evaluate a health literacy, chronic disease self-management and social support intervention for older people delivered by group videoconferencing into the home.<bold>Method: </bold>The Telehealth Literacy Project (THLP) was a mixed methods, quasi-experimental, non-randomised trial nested within a telehealth remote monitoring study. An intervention group (n = 52) participated in five, weekly videoconference group meetings lasting for 1.5 h and a control group (n = 60) received remote monitoring only. Outcomes were measured using the nine-scale Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and two scales of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ). Semi-structured interviews and focus group data were thematically analysed.<bold>Result: </bold>At 3 month follow-up, univariate analysis identified small effects in the intervention group only, with improved health literacy behaviours (five HLQ scales) and self-management skills (two heiQ scales). ANOVA of HLQ scales indicated no significant differences between the two groups over time indicating a contributing effect of the remote monitoring project. Intervention participants reported improved perception of companionship, emotional and informational support.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The THLP delivered with telemonitoring indicates potential to improve social support and some health literacy factors in older people.<bold>Practice Implications: </bold>Patient education can be delivered by group videoconferencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07383991
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Patient Education & Counseling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142045005
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.10.005