title: 'They're part of the team': participant evaluation of the ACTIVE intervention.
abstract: This study used participant feedback to qualitatively evaluate an intervention (Assessing Caregivers for Team Intervention through Videophone Encounters [ACTIVE]) that used videophone technology to include patients and/or their family caregivers in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. Data were generated during individual interviews with hospice staff members and family caregivers who participated in ACTIVE intervention. Modified grounded theory procedures served as the primary analysis strategy. Results indicated that ACTIVE intervention enhanced team functioning in terms of context, structure, processes and outcomes. Participants discussed challenges and offered corresponding recommendations to make the intervention more efficient and effective. Data supported the ACTIVE intervention as a way for hospice providers to more fully realise their goal of maximum patient and family participation in care planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA. oliverdr@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wittenberg-Lyles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demiris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porock
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D049269:Videoconferencing