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Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study

OBJECTIVE: Digital health has recently gained a foothold in monitoring and improving diabetes care. We aim to explore the views of patients, carers and healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding the use of a novel patient-owned wound surveillance application as part of outpatient management of patients w...

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Autores principales: Lo, Zhiwen Joseph, Chong, Bryan, Tan, Elaine, Ooi, Desmond, Liew, Huiling, Hoi, Wai Han, Cho, Yuan Teng, Wu, Kyle, Surendra, Naren Kumar, Mammadova, Maleyka, Nah, Audrey, Goh, Victor, Car, Josip
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10291864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37377563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231183544
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author Lo, Zhiwen Joseph
Chong, Bryan
Tan, Elaine
Ooi, Desmond
Liew, Huiling
Hoi, Wai Han
Cho, Yuan Teng
Wu, Kyle
Surendra, Naren Kumar
Mammadova, Maleyka
Nah, Audrey
Goh, Victor
Car, Josip
author_facet Lo, Zhiwen Joseph
Chong, Bryan
Tan, Elaine
Ooi, Desmond
Liew, Huiling
Hoi, Wai Han
Cho, Yuan Teng
Wu, Kyle
Surendra, Naren Kumar
Mammadova, Maleyka
Nah, Audrey
Goh, Victor
Car, Josip
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description OBJECTIVE: Digital health has recently gained a foothold in monitoring and improving diabetes care. We aim to explore the views of patients, carers and healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding the use of a novel patient-owned wound surveillance application as part of outpatient management of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). METHODS: Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with patients, carers and HCPs in wound care for DFUs. The participants were recruited from a primary care polyclinic network and two tertiary hospitals in Singapore, within the same healthcare cluster. Purposive maximum variation sampling was used to select participants with differing attributes to ensure heterogeneity. Common themes relating to the wound imaging app were captured. RESULTS: A total of 20 patients, 5 carers and 20 HCPs participated in the qualitative study. None of the participants have used a wound imaging app before. Regarding a patient-owned wound surveillance app, all were open and receptive to the system and workflow for use in DFU care. Four major themes emerged from patients and carers: (1) technology, (2) application features and usability, (3) feasibility of using the wound imaging application and (4) logistics of care. Four major themes were identified from HCPs: (1) attitudes towards wound imaging app, (2) preferences regarding functionality, (3) perceived challenges for patients/carers and (4) perceived barriers for HCPs. CONCLUSION: Our study highlighted several barriers and facilitators from patients, carers and HCPs regarding the use of a patient-owned wound surveillance app. These findings demonstrate the potential of digital health and areas to improve and tailor a DFU wound app suitable for implementation in the local population.
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spelling pubmed-102918642023-06-27 Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study Lo, Zhiwen Joseph Chong, Bryan Tan, Elaine Ooi, Desmond Liew, Huiling Hoi, Wai Han Cho, Yuan Teng Wu, Kyle Surendra, Naren Kumar Mammadova, Maleyka Nah, Audrey Goh, Victor Car, Josip Digit Health Qualitative Study OBJECTIVE: Digital health has recently gained a foothold in monitoring and improving diabetes care. We aim to explore the views of patients, carers and healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding the use of a novel patient-owned wound surveillance application as part of outpatient management of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). METHODS: Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with patients, carers and HCPs in wound care for DFUs. The participants were recruited from a primary care polyclinic network and two tertiary hospitals in Singapore, within the same healthcare cluster. Purposive maximum variation sampling was used to select participants with differing attributes to ensure heterogeneity. Common themes relating to the wound imaging app were captured. RESULTS: A total of 20 patients, 5 carers and 20 HCPs participated in the qualitative study. None of the participants have used a wound imaging app before. Regarding a patient-owned wound surveillance app, all were open and receptive to the system and workflow for use in DFU care. Four major themes emerged from patients and carers: (1) technology, (2) application features and usability, (3) feasibility of using the wound imaging application and (4) logistics of care. Four major themes were identified from HCPs: (1) attitudes towards wound imaging app, (2) preferences regarding functionality, (3) perceived challenges for patients/carers and (4) perceived barriers for HCPs. CONCLUSION: Our study highlighted several barriers and facilitators from patients, carers and HCPs regarding the use of a patient-owned wound surveillance app. These findings demonstrate the potential of digital health and areas to improve and tailor a DFU wound app suitable for implementation in the local population. SAGE Publications 2023-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10291864/ /pubmed/37377563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231183544 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Qualitative Study
Lo, Zhiwen Joseph
Chong, Bryan
Tan, Elaine
Ooi, Desmond
Liew, Huiling
Hoi, Wai Han
Cho, Yuan Teng
Wu, Kyle
Surendra, Naren Kumar
Mammadova, Maleyka
Nah, Audrey
Goh, Victor
Car, Josip
Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title_full Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title_short Patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: A qualitative study
title_sort patients, carers and healthcare providers’ perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: a qualitative study
topic Qualitative Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10291864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37377563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231183544
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