Electronic, mobile and telehealth tools for vulnerable patients with chronic disease: a systematic review and realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this review was to assess the benefit of using electronic, mobile and telehealth tools for vulnerable patients with chronic disease and explore the mechanisms by which these impact patient self-efficacy and self-management.

Design

We searched MEDLINE, all evidence-based medicine, CINAHL, Embase and PsychINFO covering the period 2009 to 2018 for electronic, mobile or telehealth interventions. Quality was assessed according to rigour and relevance. Those studies providing a richer description ('thick') were synthesised using a realist matrix.

Setting and participants

Studies of any design conducted in community-based primary care involving adults with one or more diagnosed chronic health condition and vulnerability due to demographic, geograp

SUBMITTER: Parker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6119429 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature