ReviewPatient education and counseling2017
Using digital interventions for self-management of chronic physical health conditions: A meta-ethnography review of published studies.
Review in Patient education and counseling, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05058547 (An Evidence-based Digital Support for One Year to Facilitate a Sustainable Return to Work for Persons With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Their Employers), which is not on this map. Cited by 107 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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An Evidence-based Digital Support for One Year to Facilitate a Sustainable Return to Work for Persons With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Their Employers: Study Protocol for a Registry-based Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
107 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 217 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patients' Experiences of Nurse-Led eHealth Interventions for Chronic Heart Failure: Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of users experiences of using digital interventions within psychosis: a thematic synthesis of qualitative research.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Timing, Indicators, and Approaches to Digital Patient Experience Evaluation: Umbrella Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Quality of fluid balance charting and interventions to improve it: a systematic review.BMJ open quality · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-Centered Digital Health Records and Their Effects on Health Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Digital Patient Experience: Umbrella Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of remote home monitoring for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Smartphone App-Based Interventions for Patients With Hypertension: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Implementation Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of eHealth Programs for Patients With Chronic Illnesses: Realist Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
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- Intervention planning for a digital intervention for self-management of hypertension: a theory-, evidence- and person-based approach.Implementation science : IS · 2017Pooled it
- Efficacy of a WeChat-Based Multimodal Digital Transformation Management Model in New-Onset Mild to Moderate Hypertension: Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Changes in a Digital Type 2 Diabetes Self-management Intervention During National Rollout: Mixed Methods Study of Fidelity.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- A Digital Platform to Support Self-management of Multiple Chronic Conditions (ProACT): Findings in Relation to Engagement During a One-Year Proof-of-Concept Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Home and Online Management and Evaluation of Blood Pressure (HOME BP) using a digital intervention in poorly controlled hypertension: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Trial
- Pilot randomised controlled trial of a brief mindfulness-based intervention for those with persistent pain.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Examining the Use of Glucose and Physical Activity Self-Monitoring Technologies in Individuals at Moderate to High Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- Identifying Subgroups in Acceptance and Intended Use of Digital Technologies and the Role of Economic, Cultural, Social, and Person Capital: Latent Class Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Factors influencing the acceptability of remote multicomponent rehabilitation versus standard care following critical illness: a theory-informed qualitative study embedded within the iRehab trial.Journal of intensive care · 2026Article
- Coverage, pricing, and reimbursement of telemedicine: a qualitative study among implementers of the Akoma Pa mHealth-based telemedicine intervention in Ghana.BMC health services research · 2026Article
47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) using self-management digital interventions (DIs) for chronic physical health conditions.
methodsA systematic search was conducted in 6 electronic databases. Qualitative studies describing users' experiences of self-management DIs were included, and authors' interpretations were synthesised using meta-ethnography.
results30 papers met the inclusion criteria, covering a range of DIs and chronic conditions, including hypertension, asthma and heart disease. The review found that patients monitoring their health felt reassured by the insight this provided, and perceived they had more meaningful consultations with the HCP. These benefits were elicited by simple tele-monitoring systems as well as multifaceted DIs. Patients appeared to feel more reliant on HCPs if they received regular feedback from the HCP. HCPs focused mainly on their improved clinical control, and some also appreciated patients' increased understanding of their condition.
conclusionsPatients using self-management DIs tend to feel well cared for and perceive that they adopt a more active role in consultations, whilst HCPs focus on the clinical benefits provided by DIs. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: DIs can simultaneously support patient condition management, and HCPs' control of patient health. Tele-monitoring physiological data can promote complex behaviour change amongst patients.
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