Online Patient Education for Chronic Disease Management: Consumer Perspectives

Patient education plays an important role in chronic disease management. The aim of this study is to identify patients’ preferences in regard to the design features of effective online patient education (OPE) and the benefits. A review of the existing literature was conducted in order to identify th...

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Published in:Journal of medical systems 2016-04, Vol.40 (4), p.88-88, Article 88
Main Authors: Win, Khin Than, Hassan, Naffisah Mohd, Oinas-Kukkonen, Harri, Probst, Yasmine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Chronic Disease - therapy
Customization
Disease Management
Education & Training
Female
Health Informatics
Health Sciences
Humans
Internet
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Patient education
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patient Preference
Product quality
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics for Life Sciences
Web sites
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Summary:Patient education plays an important role in chronic disease management. The aim of this study is to identify patients’ preferences in regard to the design features of effective online patient education (OPE) and the benefits. A review of the existing literature was conducted in order to identify the benefits of OPE and its essential design features. These design features were empirically tested by conducting survey with patients and caregivers. Reliability analysis, construct validity and regression analysis were performed for data analysis. The results identified patient-tailored information, interactivity, content credibility, clear presentation of content, use of multimedia and interpretability as the essential design features of online patient education websites for chronic disease management.
ISSN:0148-5598
1573-689X
DOI:10.1007/s10916-016-0438-0