Developing e-health information by empowerment strategy.
This innovative study relates patient empowerment to strategies for education and e-health information to support self-care to patients with knee surgery in a Danish university hospital outpatient clinic. Interdisciplinary teamwork and Information and Communication Technology are integral parts of the programme for self-care. Empowerment core values and themes in the programme were analysed in a qualitative study including focus-group interviews from patients and the interdisciplinary team. Findings qualified following workshops, where the professionals participated in web design of a prototype website. The website was evaluated for the implemented effects and factors for empowering interactions between health professionals and patients.
Pallesen
Bodil
B
Anaesthesia Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. bodil.pallesen@as.aaa.dk
Engberg
Axel
A
Barlach
Anders
A
D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires