Table 1 Expected benefits and barriers of mHealth-apps for RA, according to mHealth-inexperienced patients, nurses and rheumatologists
BENEFITS | BARRIERS |
|---|---|
Efficiency of care | The burden of chronic app-use |
Efficiency of care organisation (P) | Negative illness behaviour (P, N, R) |
Efficiency of patient-caregiver interaction (N, R) | Chronicity (P) |
Motivational aspects | |
Compliance and attrition (P, N, R) | |
A tsunami of mHealth-apps (R) | |
Need for instruction and guidance (N) | |
Enabling patient empowerment | Target group aspects |
Visualising disease variability (P, N, R) | Lack of symptoms (P, N, R) |
Patient-centred goals (R) | Symptom recognition (P, N) |
Improving illness coherence (P, N, R) | Accessibility and acceptability (P, N, R) |
Trust in care (P) | Evolving disease characteristics (R) |
Legal and organisational requirements | |
Privacy concerns (N, R) | |
Workload and financial compensation (R) |