ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Preferences of Older Adult Veterans With Heart Failure for Engaging With Mobile Health Technology to Support Self-care: Qualitative Interview Study Among Patients With Heart Failure and Content Analysis.
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- Facilitators and Barriers to Self-Volume Management in Older Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Multimorbidity: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model for Assessing the Association Between Health Literacy and mHealth Use Intention in Dyads of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Their Caregivers: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
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- User Experience and Extended Technology Acceptance Model in Commercial Health Care App Usage Among Patients With Cancer: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Patients with Heart Failure: Internet Use and Mobile Health Perceptions.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
- Smartphone Use by Caregivers for Patients With Heart Failure During Hospitalization: An Investigation.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- Tecnologias educacionais utilizadas para promoção do autocuidado de pessoas com diabetes mellitus: revisão integrativa.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Review
- Current status of older people with chronic diseases adopting digital health technologies: A scoping review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundHeart failure (HF) affects approximately 6.5 million adults in the United States, disproportionately afflicting older adults. Mobile health (mHealth) has emerged as a promising tool to empower older adults in HF self-care. However, little is known about the use of this approach among older adult veterans.
objectiveThe goal of this study was to explore which features of an app were prioritized for older adult veterans with HF.
methodsBetween January and July 2021, we conducted semistructured interviews with patients with heart failure aged 65 years and older at a single facility in an integrated health care system (the Veterans Health Administration). We performed content analysis and derived themes based on the middle-range theory of chronic illness, generating findings both deductively and inductively. The qualitative questions captured data on the 3 key themes of the theory: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management. Qualitative responses were analyzed using a qualitative data management platform, and descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographic data.
resultsAmong patients interviewed (n=9), most agreed that a smartphone app for supporting HF self-care was desirable. In addition to 3 a priori themes, we identified 7 subthemes: education on daily HF care, how often to get education on HF, support of medication adherence, dietary restriction support, goal setting for exercises, stress reduction strategies, and prompts of when to call a provider. In addition, we identified 3 inductive themes related to veteran preferences for app components: simplicity, ability to share data with caregivers, and positive framing of HF language.
conclusionsWe identified educational and tracking app features that can guide the development of HF self-care for an older adult veteran population. Future research needs to be done to extend these findings and assess the feasibility of and test an app with these features.
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