Shea Kimberly, Chamoff Breanna
Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Home Health Care Manag Pract. 2011 Dec 2;23(6):454-460. doi: 10.1177/1084822311411565.
Increasingly home health agencies are using home-based technologies to monitor vital signs of chronically ill patients. Patients receive measurements such as blood pressure and weight that indicate risks to their health. Cognitive reactions to risk measures have been studied for face-to-face delivery; however, it is unknown whether the same reactions exist with technology delivery. Reported in this article are study results of a comparative content expert analysis of reactions to technology-delivered health-risk measures. Results suggest that patients have the similar reactions but may be more likely to just accept, without evaluating or considering threats to their health. As home telemonitoring applications continue to evolve, care must be taken avoid creating passive patients and develop best practices that use technology to encourage beneficial self-care behaviors.
越来越多的家庭健康机构正在使用家庭技术来监测慢性病患者的生命体征。患者会收到诸如血压和体重等表明其健康风险的测量数据。针对面对面提供风险测量数据时的认知反应已进行过研究；然而，尚不清楚技术提供方式下是否存在同样的反应。本文报告了一项对技术提供的健康风险测量数据的反应进行比较性内容专家分析的研究结果。结果表明，患者有类似的反应，但可能更倾向于只是接受，而不评估或考虑对其健康的威胁。随着家庭远程监测应用的不断发展，必须注意避免造就被动的患者，并制定利用技术鼓励有益自我护理行为的最佳实践。
