Annie Banbury1, Susan Nancarrow2, Jared Dart3, Len Gray4, Sarity Dodson5, Richard Osborne6, Lynne Parkinson7. 1. School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: a.banbury@cqu.edu.au. 2. School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. 3. Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 4. Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 5. The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia. 6. Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. 7. School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To co-design, test and evaluate a health literacy, chronic disease self-management and social support intervention for older people delivered by group videoconferencing into the home. METHOD: The Telehealth Literacy Project (THLP) was a mixed methods, quasi-experimental, non-randomised trial nested within a telehealth remote monitoring study. An intervention group (n = 52) participated in five, weekly videoconference group meetings lasting for 1.5 h and a control group (n = 60) received remote monitoring only. Outcomes were measured using the nine-scale Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and two scales of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ). Semi-structured interviews and focus group data were thematically analysed. RESULT: At 3 month follow-up, univariate analysis identified small effects in the intervention group only, with improved health literacy behaviours (five HLQ scales) and self-management skills (two heiQ scales). ANOVA of HLQ scales indicated no significant differences between the two groups over time indicating a contributing effect of the remote monitoring project. Intervention participants reported improved perception of companionship, emotional and informational support. CONCLUSION: The THLP delivered with telemonitoring indicates potential to improve social support and some health literacy factors in older people. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Patient education can be delivered by group videoconferencing.
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OBJECTIVE: To co-design, test and evaluate a health literacy, chronic disease self-management and social support intervention for older people delivered by group videoconferencing into the home. METHOD: The Telehealth Literacy Project (THLP) was a mixed methods, quasi-experimental, non-randomised trial nested within a telehealth remote monitoring study. An intervention group (n = 52) participated in five, weekly videoconference group meetings lasting for 1.5 h and a control group (n = 60) received remote monitoring only. Outcomes were measured using the nine-scale Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and two scales of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ). Semi-structured interviews and focus group data were thematically analysed. RESULT: At 3 month follow-up, univariate analysis identified small effects in the intervention group only, with improved health literacy behaviours (five HLQ scales) and self-management skills (two heiQ scales). ANOVA of HLQ scales indicated no significant differences between the two groups over time indicating a contributing effect of the remote monitoring project. Intervention participants reported improved perception of companionship, emotional and informational support. CONCLUSION: The THLP delivered with telemonitoring indicates potential to improve social support and some health literacy factors in older people. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Patient education can be delivered by group videoconferencing.
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