Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Apr 9, 2022
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 9, 2022 - Jun 4, 2022
Date Accepted: Jun 24, 2022
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Interventions, participative role, and barriers and facilitators for involvement in eHealth communication for people undergoing hemodialysis: a scoping review protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
eHealth-communication interventions have been shown to offer people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) the opportunity of embracing dialysis therapies with greater confidence, potential to obtain better clinical outcomes and increased quality of life, and they offer diverse and flexible designs and delivery options. eHealth is an emerging field, but issues relating to participation in e-Health-communication for patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are scarcely described. There is a need to explore the literature on eHealth-communication interventions used in hemodialysis care.
Objective:
We want to understand the participative role, of people living with CKD and undergoing HD, in available communicative eHealth interventions. We want to understand which barriers and facilitators exist, for patient involvement in eHealth-communication with health professionals.
Methods:
A systematic search for published studies, dissertations and theses on doctoral level in English language, will be conducted in five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Open). Included literature will focus on adult (18+) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and who are involved in eHealth-communication with health professionals. Data on type of eHealth-communication interventions, the participative role, and barriers and facilitators for people undergoing HD`s involvement in eHealth communication will be extracted independently by two reviewers. The extracted data will be collected in a draft charting table prepared for the study. Any discrepancies between the reviewers will be solved through discussion, or with a third reviewer.
Results:
Results are anticipated by the spring of 2023, and they will be presented in tabular format along with a narrative summary.
Conclusions:
We anticipate that this study will inform about eHealth-communication interventions and the level of patient participation in eHealth-communication, for patients undergoing hemodialysis. The systematized overview possibly will identify research gaps and motivate to further development of eHealth-communication ensuring patient participation. The findings will be of interest for key stakeholders in clinical care, research, development, policy and patient advocacy.
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