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dc.contributor.authorHolmen, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorHolm, Are Martin
dc.contributor.authorKilvær, Thomas Karsten
dc.contributor.authorLjoså, Tone Marte
dc.contributor.authorGranan, Lars Petter
dc.contributor.authorEkholdt, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Lotte Sandberg
dc.contributor.authorFosse, Erik Torgeir
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-14T08:52:30Z
dc.date.available2023-08-14T08:52:30Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-10
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health care services are being challenged by an increasing number of patients and limited resources. Hence, research investigating options to reduce costs and increase effectiveness is warranted. Digital outpatient services can provide flexible and tailored follow-up, improve patients’ health literacy, and facilitate the identification of adverse courses of disease. However, previous research largely focused on disease-specific contexts and outcomes. Therefore, research on digital services investigating generic outcomes such as health literacy is warranted.<p> <p>Objective: This article aims to describe the “digital outpatient service” intervention and present the protocol for an ongoing multicenter, nonrandomized trial evaluating this intervention.<p> <p>Methods: Based on previous experiences and evidence-based knowledge, we developed this intervention through patient-journey maps in collaboration with each clinical specialty. The patients gain access to a mobile app for self-monitoring and patient-reported outcomes and a chat for contact between the patients and health care workers. The health care workers’ dashboard includes a traffic light system to draw attention to the most urgent patient reports. In this multicenter, non–randomized controlled trial, patients are allocated to the control group receiving standard care or the 6-month intervention. Eligible patients are aged 18 years or older who receive outpatient care at the neurology, lung, pain, or cancer departments at 2 university hospitals in Norway. Our evaluation will include patient-reported outcomes, qualitative interviews, and clinical measures. The primary outcome will be health literacy using the Health Literacy Questionnaire. A sample size of 165 participants is split into a 1:2 ratio in favor of the intervention. We will analyze quantitative data in SPSS (IBM Corp) using descriptive statistics and logistic regression, and qualitative data using thematic analysis.<p> <p>Results: This trial started in September 2021, and the intervention started in January 2022. Recruitment has ended, with 55 patients in the control group and 107 patients in the intervention group. Follow-up is expected to end in July 2023, with results expected to be obtained in December 2023.<p> <p>Conclusions: This study will evaluate an intervention facilitated by an already certified digital multicomponent solution, with intervention content based on patient-reported outcomes, health literacy, and self-monitoring. The intervention is specifically tailored to each participating center and the needs of their patients using patient journey maps. The comprehensive and generic evaluation of this digital outpatient service intervention is a strength as it targets a heterogeneous sample of patients. Thus, this study will provide important knowledge about the applicability and effects of digital health care services. As a result, patients and health care workers will gain a new, evidence-based understanding of whether and how digital tools may be used in clinical care.Background: Health care services are being challenged by an increasing number of patients and limited resources. Hence, research investigating options to reduce costs and increase effectiveness is warranted. Digital outpatient services can provide flexible and tailored follow-up, improve patients’ health literacy, and facilitate the identification of adverse courses of disease. However, previous research largely focused on disease-specific contexts and outcomes. Therefore, research on digital services investigating generic outcomes such as health literacy is warranted.<p>en_US
dc.identifier.citationHolmen, Holm, Kilvær, Ljoså, Granan, Ekholdt, Larsen, Fosse. Digital Outpatient Services for Adults: Development of an Intervention and Protocol for a Multicenter Non–Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2166100
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/46649
dc.identifier.issn1929-0748
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29894
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.journalJMIR Research Protocols
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 316244en_US
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleDigital Outpatient Services for Adults: Development of an Intervention and Protocol for a Multicenter Non–Randomized Controlled Trialen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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