Title |
Attitudes among healthcare professionals towards ICT and home follow-up in chronic heart failure care
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Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-12-138 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Anna Gund, Kaj Lindecrantz, Maria Schaufelberger, Harshida Patel, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist |
Abstract |
eHealth applications for out-of-hospital monitoring and treatment follow-up have been advocated for many years as a promising tool to improve treatment compliance, promote individualized care and obtain a person-centred care. Despite these benefits and a large number of promising projects, a major breakthrough in everyday care is generally still lacking. Inappropriate organization for eHealth technology, reluctance from users in the introduction of new working methods, and resistance to information and communication technology (ICT) in general could be reasons for this. Another reason may be attitudes towards the potential in out-of-hospital eHealth applications. It is therefore of interest to study the general opinions among healthcare professionals to ICT in healthcare, as well as the attitudes towards using ICT as a tool for patient monitoring and follow-up at home. One specific area of interest is in-home follow-up of elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of this paper is to investigate the attitudes towards ICT, as well as distance monitoring and follow-up, among healthcare professionals working with this patient group. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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India | 2 | 40% |
United States | 1 | 20% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 60% |
Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 1% |
Spain | 2 | 1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 167 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 41 | 23% |
Researcher | 20 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 6% |
Other | 34 | 19% |
Unknown | 37 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 21% |
Computer Science | 24 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 13% |
Social Sciences | 17 | 10% |
Psychology | 9 | 5% |
Other | 22 | 13% |
Unknown | 44 | 25% |