biostudies-literatureKrutter SElectronic Caregiver, Inc., Las Cruces, NM, USAe062159https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9486344biostudies-literatureUnknown12(9)<h4>Introduction</h4>Chronic diseases in older adults are one of the major epidemiological challenges of current times and leading cause of disability, poor quality of life, high healthcare costs and death. Self-management of chronic diseases is essential to improve health behaviours and health outcomes. Technology-assisted interventions have shown to improve self-management of chronic diseases. Virtual avatars can be a key factor for the acceptance of these technologies. Addison Care is a home-based telecare solution equipped with a virtual avatar named Addison, connecting older persons with their caregivers via an easy-to-use technology. A central advantage is that Addison Care provides access to self-management support for an up-to-now highly under-represented population-older persons wBMJ openPiloting of the virtual telecare technology 'Addison Care' to promote self-management in persons with chronic diseases in a community setting: protocol for a mixed-methods user experience, user engagement and usability pilot study.PMC9486344(no grant number)Krutter SOsterbrink JLangegger DMitterlehner Bvan der Zee-Neuen AWinkler ADellinger JBeasley MSabic EKloesch MSchuessler NKlausner TKutschar PPitzer SHenderson BEßl-Maurer RNestler NfalsePiloting of the virtual telecare technology 'Addison Care' to promote self-management in persons with chronic diseases in a community setting: protocol for a mixed-methods user experience, user engagement and usability pilot study.<h4>Introduction</h4>Chronic diseases in older adults are one of the major epidemiological challenges of current times and leading cause of disability, poor quality of life, high healthcare costs and death. Self-management of chronic diseases is essential to improve health behaviours and health outcomes. Technology-assisted interventions have shown to improve self-management of chronic diseases. Virtual avatars can be a key factor for the acceptance of these technologies. Addison Care is a home-based telecare solution equipped with a virtual avatar named Addison, connecting older persons with their caregivers via an easy-to-use technology. A central advantage is that Addison Care provides access to self-management support for an up-to-now highly under-represented population-older persons w2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Sep2025-04-04T21:34:46.367Z2025-04-04T21:34:46.367ZS-EPMC94863443612310410.1136/bmjopen-2022-062159