Authors:
Cindel Bonneux
1
;
Deeman Yousif Mahmood
1
;
Martijn Scherrenberg
2
;
Maarten Falter
2
;
Gustavo Rovelo Ruiz
3
;
Hanne Kindermans
4
;
Dominique Hansen
5
;
Reijo Laaksonen
6
;
Paul Dendale
2
and
Karin Coninx
1
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Sciences, HCI and eHealth, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
;
2
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
;
3
Faculty of Sciences, EDM, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
;
4
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Healthcare and Ethics, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
;
5
Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL/BIOMED, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
;
6
Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center Tampere, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Keyword(s):
Shared Decision Making, Holistic Approach, Secondary Prevention, Cardiovascular Diseases, Behaviour Change, eHealth.
Abstract:
After a cardiac event, secondary prevention is recommended to foster recovery and reduce the risk of recurrent events. European guidelines and EAPC position statements on prevention of cardiovascular diseases recommend a holistic approach that actively engages patients by using shared decision making (SDM). It has been demonstrated that telerehabilitation can be a feasible and effective add-on or alternative compared to conventional in-hospital secondary prevention. However, till date, there is no eHealth solution that offers a holistic approach for secondary prevention that includes SDM. In this paper, we present the CoroPrevention-SDM approach, a technology-supported shared decision making approach for a comprehensive secondary prevention program for cardiac patients. The CoroPrevention Tool Suite consists of three applications that support patients and caregivers in following this approach: 1) a caregiver dashboard that includes decision support systems and supports SDM, 2) a pati
ent mobile application that supports patients in making behaviour changes in their daily life, and 3) an extended ePRO application that collects patient reported outcomes and patient preferences. In a formative usability study, we assessed patients’ and caregivers’ opinion about our approach. The study indicated that both are willing to use our proposed approach to collaboratively set behavioural goals during SDM encounters.
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