Journal article
Adding value to remote monitoring: Co-design of a health literacy intervention for older people with chronic disease delivered by telehealth - The telehealth literacy project
Patient Education and Counseling, Vol.103(3), pp.597-606
03/2020
PMID: 31744701
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Abstract
Objective: To co-design, test and evaluate a health literacy, chronic disease self-management and social support intervention for older people delivered by group videoconferencing into the home.
Method: The Telehealth Literacy Project (THLP) was a mixed methods, quasi-experimental, non-randomised trial nested within a telehealth remote monitoring study. An intervention group (n = 52) participated in five, weekly videoconference group meetings lasting for 1.5 h and a control group (n = 60) received remote monitoring only. Outcomes were measured using the nine-scale Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and two scales of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ). Semi-structured interviews and focus group data were thematically analysed.
Result: At 3 month follow-up, univariate analysis identified small effects in the intervention group only, with improved health literacy behaviours (five HLQ scales) and self-management skills (two heiQ scales). ANOVA of HLQ scales indicated no significant differences between the two groups over time indicating a contributing effect of the remote monitoring project. Intervention participants reported improved perception of companionship, emotional and informational support.
Conclusion: The THLP delivered with telemonitoring indicates potential to improve social support and some health literacy factors in older people.
Practice implications: Patient education can be delivered by group videoconferencing.
Details
- Title
- Adding value to remote monitoring: Co-design of a health literacy intervention for older people with chronic disease delivered by telehealth - The telehealth literacy project
- Creators
- Annie Banbury - Central Queensland UniversitySusan Nancarrow - Southern Cross UniversityJared Dart - Bond UniversityLen Gray - University of QueenslandSarity Dodson - The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, AustraliaRichard Osborne - Deakin UniversityLynne Parkinson - Central Queensland University
- Publication Details
- Patient Education and Counseling, Vol.103(3), pp.597-606
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
- Grant note
- The research was supported by the CQUniversity Health CRN www.cqu.edu.au/cm and the Australian Government’s Collaborative Research Networks Program. This research took place in collaboration with Feros Care Limited, Coolangatta, Queensland, and we thank staff and participants for their contribution to the project.
- Identifiers
- 991012925054302368
- Copyright
- © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- School of Health and Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article