Li Jingyi, Garcia Sonia, Castro Heather K, DeForge Bruce R, Hise Michael K, Finkelstein Joseph
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:1032.
The aim of this study was to explore African American patients' experiences managing their hypertension and to investigate their perspective on how technology might be used to improve hypertension self-management. We conducted and analyzed four focus groups with 32 African American participants diagnosed with hypertension to develop a culturally tailored content for a home-based telecare program aimed at improving hypertension care in African Americans. The discussion about the use of technology was well accepted, demonstrated culturally and gender specific barriers in hypertension care, and generated a comprehensive list of concepts and features to be included to a home-based computerized hypertension telemanagement system.
本研究的目的是探讨非裔美国高血压患者管理自身高血压的经历，并调查他们对于如何利用技术改善高血压自我管理的看法。我们对32名被诊断患有高血压的非裔美国参与者进行了4次焦点小组访谈并进行分析，以便为一个旨在改善非裔美国人高血压护理的家庭远程护理项目制定适合其文化背景的内容。关于技术使用的讨论得到了广泛认可，揭示了高血压护理中特定文化和性别的障碍，并生成了一份全面的概念和功能清单，这些内容将被纳入一个基于家庭的计算机化高血压远程管理系统。
