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Introduction: Gout is a chronic inflammatory arthritis with increasing prevalence in Australia and rates of non-adherence to therapy higher than for any other chronic disease. Electronic health interventions can increase adherence to treatment for many chronic diseases. This study set out to involve end-user patients in the design of a gout self-management eTool. Methods: Four semi-structured focus group sessions were held in July and August 2015 with 13 patients with gout (age range 39-79 years). Focus groups involved group discussions of potential eTool features and critiquing disease self-management websites and applications. Focus group sessions were audio-taped, transcribed and analysed by two independent researchers to identify useful eTool features and patient perspectives of using technology to manage their health. Findings: Participants were open to using a supportive gout self-management eTool and identified a number of potentially helpful features, including educational material, serum uric acid monitoring and medication reminder alerts. Discussion: Focus groups with patients with gout revealed a number of features that should be included in a gout self-management eTool. These results will inform the design and implementation of an eTool for patients with gout and may be broadly applicable to teams designing eTools for other chronic diseases. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2016 | 10.3233/978-1-61499-666-8-28 | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Gout,electronic health,eTool,app,user-centred design | Knowledge management,Medicine | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
227 | 0926-9630 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Anna Fernon | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
Amy D Nguyen | 2 | 1 | 0.82 |
Melissa T. Baysari | 3 | 33 | 10.56 |
Richard O. Day | 4 | 78 | 14.02 |