Barriers and facilitators to the adoption of digital health interventions for COPD management: A scoping review. 2023

Hadassah Joann Ramachandran, and Joo Lin Oh, and Yue Krystal Cheong, and Ying Jiang, and Jun Yi Claire Teo, and Chuen Wei Alvin Seah, and Mingming Yu, and Wenru Wang
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD 11, 10 Medical Drive 117597, Singapore. Electronic address: hadassah.joann.ramachandran@u.nus.edu.

Knowledge of the barriers and facilitators in the adoption of digital health interventions (DHI) is sparse yet crucial to facilitate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. This scoping review aimed to summarize patient- and healthcare provider-level barriers and facilitators in the adoption of DHIs for COPD management. Nine electronic databases were searched from inception up till October 2022 for English language evidence. Inductive content analysis was used. This review included 27 papers. Frequent patient-level barriers were poor digital literacy (n = 6), impersonal care delivery (n = 4), and fear of being controlled by telemonitoring data (n = 4). Frequent patient-level facilitators were improved disease understanding and management (n = 17), bi-directional communication and contact with healthcare providers (n = 15), and remote monitoring and feedback (n = 14). Frequent healthcare provider-level barriers were increased workload (n = 5), lack of technology interoperability with existing health systems (n = 4), lack of funding (n = 4), and lack of dedicated and trained manpower (n = 4). Frequent healthcare provider-level facilitators were improved efficiency of care delivery (n = 6) and DHI training programmes (n = 5). DHIs have the potential to facilitate COPD self-management and improve efficiency of care delivery. However, several barriers challenge its successful adoption. Attaining organizational support in developing user centric DHIs that can be integrated and are interoperable with existing health systems is crucial if we are to witness tangible return on investments at the patient-, healthcare provider- and healthcare system-level.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003142 Communication The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups. Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
D006282 Health Personnel Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976) Health Care Professionals,Health Care Providers,Healthcare Providers,Healthcare Workers,Health Care Professional,Health Care Provider,Healthcare Provider,Healthcare Worker,Personnel, Health,Professional, Health Care,Provider, Health Care,Provider, Healthcare
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017216 Telemedicine Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services. Tele-Care,Tele-ICU,Tele-Intensive Care,Tele-Referral,Telecare,Virtual Medicine,Mobile Health,Telehealth,eHealth,mHealth,Health, Mobile,Medicine, Virtual,Tele Care,Tele ICU,Tele Intensive Care,Tele Referral,Tele-Referrals
D029424 Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of COPD include CHRONIC BRONCHITIS and PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA. Airflow Obstruction, Chronic,COAD,COPD,Chronic Airflow Obstruction,Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease,Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases,Airflow Obstructions, Chronic,Chronic Airflow Obstructions
D036301 Qualitative Research Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997) Research, Qualitative

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