TY - GEN
T1 - A user-centred approach to designing an etool for gout management
AU - Fernon, Anna
AU - Nguyen, Amy
AU - Baysari, Melissa
AU - Day, Richard
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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 semistructured 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.
AB - 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 semistructured 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.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-666-8-28
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-666-8-28
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 27440285
AN - SCOPUS:84982083955
SN - 9781614996651
VL - 227
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 28
EP - 33
BT - Digital Health Innovation for Consumers, Clinicians, Connectivity and Community
A2 - Georgiou, Andrew
A2 - Schaper, Louise K.
A2 - Whetton, Sue
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam
T2 - 24th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2016
Y2 - 25 July 2016 through 27 July 2016
ER -