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Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain
New and existing information communication technologies (ICT) are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of health and social care services. eHealth has the potential to supplement in-person home visits for older, rural adults with chronic pain. The Technology to support Older Adults...
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Co-Action Publishing
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27536 |
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author | Roberts, Anne Philip, Lorna Currie, Margaret Mort, Alasdair |
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description | New and existing information communication technologies (ICT) are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of health and social care services. eHealth has the potential to supplement in-person home visits for older, rural adults with chronic pain. The Technology to support Older Adults' Personal and Social Interaction project—TOPS—examines interactions between older people and their health/social care providers and considers how eHealth could play a part in enhancing the life experiences of older people with chronic pain, who live in remote/rural areas. This paper reports findings from the TOPS study, drawing upon observations of health/social care home visits to chronic pain patients and interviews with patients and health/social care providers in rural Scotland. Patients and care professionals believe in-person care promotes the general well-being of older people with pain. However, our findings show that the potential recipients of eHealth are open to the use of such technologies and that although they cannot be expected to replace existing models of care, eHealth may provide opportunities to sustain and enhance these interactions. |
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spelling | pubmed-45596642015-09-29 Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain Roberts, Anne Philip, Lorna Currie, Margaret Mort, Alasdair Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Study New and existing information communication technologies (ICT) are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of health and social care services. eHealth has the potential to supplement in-person home visits for older, rural adults with chronic pain. The Technology to support Older Adults' Personal and Social Interaction project—TOPS—examines interactions between older people and their health/social care providers and considers how eHealth could play a part in enhancing the life experiences of older people with chronic pain, who live in remote/rural areas. This paper reports findings from the TOPS study, drawing upon observations of health/social care home visits to chronic pain patients and interviews with patients and health/social care providers in rural Scotland. Patients and care professionals believe in-person care promotes the general well-being of older people with pain. However, our findings show that the potential recipients of eHealth are open to the use of such technologies and that although they cannot be expected to replace existing models of care, eHealth may provide opportunities to sustain and enhance these interactions. Co-Action Publishing 2015-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4559664/ /pubmed/26336996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27536 Text en © 2015 A. Roberts et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Empirical Study Roberts, Anne Philip, Lorna Currie, Margaret Mort, Alasdair Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title | Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title_full | Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title_fullStr | Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title_full_unstemmed | Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title_short | Striking a balance between in-person care and the use of eHealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
title_sort | striking a balance between in-person care and the use of ehealth to support the older rural population with chronic pain |
topic | Empirical Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27536 |
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