title: Effectiveness of technology use for engaging community dwelling adults with chronic disease in self-care behavior management in health care: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The quantitative objective is to identify the effectiveness of technology use for self-care behavior management and the patient engagement levels in health care.More specifically, the objectives are to identify: 1) the effectiveness of technology use (includes mobile health applications, text messages, telemedicine/video conferences between providers and people with chronic disease, remote monitoring and websites) in health care for engaging community-dwelling adults with chronic disease in self-care management, and 2) the patient engagement levels in health care.
authors.affiliation: 1TCU Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Research, Fort Worth, Texas, USA 2GetWellNetwork, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swartwout
authors.forename: Patsy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deyo
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Zein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D012648:Self Care; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D017216:Telemedicine