Use of an iPad App (Aid for Decision-making in Occupational Choice) for Collaborative Goal Setting in Interprofessional Rehabilitation: Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Autor: Strubbia C; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand., Levack WM; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand., Grainger R; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand., Takahashi K; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Science, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan., Tomori K; Department of Occupational Therapy, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies [JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol] 2021 Nov 18; Vol. 8 (4), pp. e33027. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 18.
DOI: 10.2196/33027
Abstrakt: Background: Goal setting is a key part of the rehabilitation process. The use of technology and electronic tools such as smartphone apps and websites has been suggested as a way of improving the engagement of users in meaningful goal setting and facilitating shared decision-making between patients and health professionals.
Objective: This study aims to describe experiences of health professionals and patients in the use of the English language version of the iPad app Aid for Decision-making in Occupational Choice (ADOC) to facilitate collaborative goal setting in rehabilitation.
Methods: We recruited participants from 3 acute and postacute care rehabilitation wards in both public and private organizations in New Zealand. Participants were registered allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language therapists, who engage in goal setting as part of their normal work, and their adult patients. We collected data via semistructured interviews to gather information about the experiences of the participants in the use of ADOC for goal setting. Data were analyzed with thematic analysis.
Results: A total of 8 health professionals and 8 patients participated in the study. Six main themes emerged from the data: changing patients' perspective on what is possible, changing health professionals' perspective on what is important, facilitating shared decision-making, lack of guides for users, logistic and organizational barriers, and app-related and technical issues.
Conclusions: Health professionals and patients found ADOC to be a valuable tool when setting shared rehabilitation goals. The use of ADOC promoted a patient-centered approach that empowered patients to engage in collaborative goal setting. The technological limitations of the app that negatively impacted experiences can be addressed in the future implementation of ADOC in rehabilitation settings.
(©Carla Strubbia, William MM Levack, Rebecca Grainger, Kayoko Takahashi, Kounosuke Tomori. Originally published in JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology (https://rehab.jmir.org), 18.11.2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE