Self-Management Using eHealth Technologies for Liver Transplant Recipients: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Liver transplantation has become increasingly common as a last-resort treatment for end-stage liver diseases and liver cancer, with continually improving success rates and long-term survival rates. Nevertheless, liver transplant recipients face lifelong challenges in self-management, including immunosuppressant therapy, lifestyle adjustments, and navigating complex health care systems. eHealth technologies hold the potential to aid and optimize self-management outcomes, but their adoption has been slow in this population due to the complexity of post-liver transplant management.

Objective

This study aims to examine the use of eHealth technologies in supporting self-management for liver transplant recipients and identify their benefits and challenges to suggest are

SUBMITTER: Kim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11258531 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature