Designing socially acceptable mHealth technologies for Parkinson's disease self-management

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for Parkinson’s disease management have developed quickly in recent years. Research in this area typically focuses on evaluation of the accuracy and reliability of the technology, often to the exclusion of social factors and patient perspectives. This qualitative systematic review aimed to investigate the barriers to and facilitators of use mHealth technologies for disease self-management from the perspective of People with Parkinson's (PwP). Findings revealed that technological, as well as social, and financial factors are key considerations for mHealth design, to ensure its acceptability, and long-term use by PwP. This study proposes that a co-design approach could contribute to the design and development of mHealth that are socially acceptable to PwP, and enable their successful long-term use in the context of daily life.

Acceptability of an In-home Multimodal Sensor Platform for Parkinson Disease: Nonrandomized Qualitative Study

“…They were concerned about how their friends and family would interact with and feel about the sensors in the homes they shared with study participants. This is echoed in similar findings from another group that highlighted the importance of social acceptability and aesthetics of technological sensors in PD [64]. A key point was that some participants simply would not be able to wear wrist-worn wearables during the day because of their occupations.…”

Framework to Develop a Resilient and Sustainable Integrated Information System for Health Care Applications: A Review

“…The need to comprehensive review extensive literature is paramount and a needed step in the attainment of a sustainable and resilient HIS. This study being qualitative in nature and aiming to uncover insight on HIS utilizes a comprehensive systematic review [14,20]; adopting an abductive approach that ensue a systematic content analysis procedure on extant literature and studies of HIS research [20][21][22][23].…”

“…Similarly, Najimudeen, Aldheleai and Ubaidullah [8], revere ICT mediation in facilitating access to medical care and information, branding its support within the healthcare sector as "healing at a distance". However, despite the involvement of ICT in improving healthcare, several authors have advocated for the redesigning of ICT within the healthcare arena [14,25].…”

“…Despite the advancement and development of the ICT applications in the health sectors there exist several challenges. Some authors have attributed these challenges to be foster by issues such as connectivity, ICT literacy and lack of technological convergence [14,18,24]. According to Fusheini and Eyles [24] the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery is significantly affected by these challenges.…”

“…According to Fusheini and Eyles [24] the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery is significantly affected by these challenges. Contemporary studies highlight the lack of incorporation of stakeholder and technological design flaw to be contributing to these challenges [14,25]. A study by Dehnavieh, Haghdoost, Khosravi, Hoseinabadi, Rahimi, Poursheikhali, Khajehpour, Khajeh, Mirshekari and Hasani [12], categorizes these challenges in themes that included human resources, data issues and infrastructure among many others.…”