期刊名称：International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
电子版ISSN：1748-2631
出版年度：2015
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：27536
DOI：10.3402/qhw.v10.27536
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis
摘要：New and existing information communication technologies (ICT) are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of health and social care services. eHealth 1 1. eHealth is a very broad concept which encompasses both telehealth and telecare technologies. “Telecare can monitor an individual's levels of activity, or related activities within a homecare setting … Telehealth technologies differ as it requires active involvement from the user to take physiological readings remotely (e.g. blood pressure, breathing rate, blood glucose). The user is then required to submit the readings to a clinician for expert review.” The submission of physiological monitoring is often completed online and requires a user to have an Internet connection (Mort & Philip, 2014). View all notes 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.
关键词：eHealth ; technology ; health care ; rural ; older people ; chronic pain ; social interaction
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