TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining older adults’ perceptions of usability and acceptability of remote monitoring systems to manage chronic heart failure
AU - Evangelista, Lorraine S.
AU - Moser, Debra K.
AU - Lee, Jung Ah
AU - Moore, Alison A.
AU - Ghasemzadeh, Hassan
AU - Sarrafzadeh, Majid
AU - Mangione, Carol M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility, usability, and acceptability of using remote monitoring systems (RMS) in monitoring health status (e.g., vital signs, symptom distress) in older adults (≥55) with chronic heart failure (HF). Method: Twenty-one patients (52.4% women, mean age 73.1 ± 9.3) were trained to measure and transmit health data with an RMS. Data transmissions were tracked for 12 weeks. Results: All participants initiated use of RMS within 1 week; 71%, 14%, and 14% of patients transmitted daily health data 100%, ≥75%, and <75% of the time, respectively, for 12 weeks. Overall usability and acceptability of the RMS were 4.08 ± 0.634 and 4.10 ± 0.563, respectively (when scored on a range of 1-5, where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree). Discussion: Findings show that an RMS-based intervention can be successfully implemented in a group of older patients with chronic HF.
AB - Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility, usability, and acceptability of using remote monitoring systems (RMS) in monitoring health status (e.g., vital signs, symptom distress) in older adults (≥55) with chronic heart failure (HF). Method: Twenty-one patients (52.4% women, mean age 73.1 ± 9.3) were trained to measure and transmit health data with an RMS. Data transmissions were tracked for 12 weeks. Results: All participants initiated use of RMS within 1 week; 71%, 14%, and 14% of patients transmitted daily health data 100%, ≥75%, and <75% of the time, respectively, for 12 weeks. Overall usability and acceptability of the RMS were 4.08 ± 0.634 and 4.10 ± 0.563, respectively (when scored on a range of 1-5, where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree). Discussion: Findings show that an RMS-based intervention can be successfully implemented in a group of older patients with chronic HF.
KW - Cardiovascular diseases and risk
KW - Chronic diseases
KW - Health care disparity
KW - Technology
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U2 - 10.1177/2333721415618050
DO - 10.1177/2333721415618050
M3 - Article
C2 - 28138479
AN - SCOPUS:85019845741
SN - 2333-7214
VL - 2015
JO - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
JF - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
ER -