title: Perspectives on wellness self-monitoring tools for older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our purpose was to understand different stakeholder perceptions about the use of self-monitoring tools, specifically in the area of older adults' personal wellness. In conjunction with the advent of personal health records, tracking personal health using self-monitoring technologies shows promising patient support opportunities. While clinicians' tools for monitoring of older adults have been explored, we know little about how older adults may self-monitor their wellness and health and how their health care providers would perceive such use.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted three focus groups with health care providers (n=10) and four focus groups with community-dwelling older adults (n=31).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Older adult participants' found the concept of self-monitoring unfamiliar and this influenced a narrowed interest in the use of wellness self-monitoring tools. On the other hand, health care provider participants showed open attitudes toward wellness monitoring tools for older adults and brainstormed about various stakeholders' use cases. The two participant groups showed diverging perceptions in terms of: perceived uses, stakeholder interests, information ownership and control, and sharing of wellness monitoring tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our paper provides implications and solutions for how older adults' wellness self-monitoring tools can enhance patient-health care provider interaction, patient education, and improvement in overall wellness.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, United States. Electronic address: jina.huh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Thai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Blaine
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reeder
authors.forename: Hilaire J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demiris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D020377:Self Efficacy
keywords: Consumer health information; Health communication; Independent living; Self management
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