User Involvement in Transition Care in Virtual 4-Party Meetings: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults with multimorbidity often experience fragmented transitional care between the hospital, primary care, and municipal services. Insufficient communication and limited user involvement can compromise safety, satisfaction, and continuity. To address these challenges, a structured cross-sectoral intervention, the Virtual 4-Party Meeting (V4M), was developed to enhance patient and family involvement in discharge planning.

Aim

To explore how older adults with multimorbidity and their relatives experienced involvement in transitional care through V4M.

Methods

A qualitative hermeneutic design was applied. Eleven patients ( + 65 years) and their relatives participated in semi-structured interviews immediately after V4M and again 14 days post-discharge. D

SUBMITTER: Hogsgaard D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12831168 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature