Background <p>Globally, healthcare systems are challenged with implementing effective home-based self-management programmes for older persons living with frailty within a proactive, integrated model of remote, person-centred care (PCC).</p> Aim <p>This study explores the experiences of a remote PCC intervention in older persons living with frailty.</p> Methods <p>A qualitative inductive conventional content analysis was conducted using semi-structured telephone interviews. The intervention involved older adults who received PCC through a combined approach of telephone calls and a digital platform. Fourteen <b>c</b>ommunity-dwelling older people (≥ 75 years, screened as frail) with recent emergency care visits but had not been hospitalised, were included.</p> Results <p>Participants felt secure due to the engaging, empathetic and professional-friendly nature of the telephone conversations. In contrast, many informants reported difficulty using the digital platform due to its complexity.</p> Conclusion <p>Telephone-based, person-centred remote care enhanced resource availability and promoted feelings of security among older persons living with frailty. However, further development of user-friendly digital tools for older people is still needed.</p> Trial registration of the main project <p>ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT04416815. Registered 07/06/2021.</p>

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Experiences of a remote, person-centred intervention in older persons living with frailty - a qualitative study

  • Zahra Ebrahimi,
  • Patricia Olaya-Contreras,
  • Mahboubeh Goudarzi,
  • Inger Ekman

摘要

Background

Globally, healthcare systems are challenged with implementing effective home-based self-management programmes for older persons living with frailty within a proactive, integrated model of remote, person-centred care (PCC).

Aim

This study explores the experiences of a remote PCC intervention in older persons living with frailty.

Methods

A qualitative inductive conventional content analysis was conducted using semi-structured telephone interviews. The intervention involved older adults who received PCC through a combined approach of telephone calls and a digital platform. Fourteen community-dwelling older people (≥ 75 years, screened as frail) with recent emergency care visits but had not been hospitalised, were included.

Results

Participants felt secure due to the engaging, empathetic and professional-friendly nature of the telephone conversations. In contrast, many informants reported difficulty using the digital platform due to its complexity.

Conclusion

Telephone-based, person-centred remote care enhanced resource availability and promoted feelings of security among older persons living with frailty. However, further development of user-friendly digital tools for older people is still needed.

Trial registration of the main project

ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT04416815. Registered 07/06/2021.