OA: Using digital interventions for self-management of chronic physical health conditions: A meta-ethnography review of published studies - Patient Education and Counseling

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Using digital interventions for self-management of chronic physical health conditions: A meta-ethnography review of published studies

Article Outline

1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. Methods
   1. 2.1. Design
   2. 2.2. Criteria for including studies
   3. 2.3. Systematic search strategy
   4. 2.4. Identification of studies
   5. 2.5. Data extraction
   6. 2.6. Analysis and synthesis
   7. 2.7. Quality appraisal
3. 3. Results
   1. 3.1. Searches
   2. 3.2. Study characteristics
   3. 3.3. Quality appraisal
   4. 3.4. Meta-ethnography analysis
   5. 3.5. Line of argument
      1. 3.5.1. Perceived purpose of the DI: who is responsible?
      2. 3.5.2. Perceiving meaning in self-monitored data
      3. 3.5.3. Patients carefully consider recommended medication changes
4. 4. Discussion and conclusion
   1. 4.1. Discussion
      1. 4.1.1. Interpretations in the context of current literature
      2. 4.1.2. Limitations of the current review
   2. 4.2. Conclusion
   3. 4.3. Practice implications
5. Conflicts of interest
6. Authors’ contributions
7. Appendix A. Search terms for thesaurus and key word searches
8. Appendix B. CERQual evaluation of confidence in the third-order constructs
9. Appendix C. Quality appraisal of studies using the NICE checklist for qualitative studies
10. References

Highlights

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  Self-management DIs can promote both clinical control and patient self-management.
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  Patients feel less responsibility when HCPs give feedback on out-of-range readings.
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  Patients like to perceive meaning in their physiological data.
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  Tele-monitoring DIs can promote complex self-management behaviours.