Perceptions of the use of a remote monitoring system in patients receiving palliative care at home
Perceptions of the use of a remote monitoring system in patients receiving palliative care at home
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DOI：
10.12968/ijpn.2008.14.9.31121
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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1
通讯作者：
Kearney, Nora
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作者：
McCall, Kathryn;Keen, Jeremy;Kearney, Nora
在偏远社区，与卫生专业人员频繁面对面接触可能很困难，对症状的持续审查和管理（良好姑息治疗的基本组成部分）可能难以实现。远程护理和信息技术的其他发展越来越多地被寻求作为解决人口结构变化和对卫生服务日益增长的需求的一种手段，并且可能有助于提供一个允许患者在症状发生时报告症状的系统。这可能是加强症状管理和提高临终护理质量的一种方法。在苏格兰北部的两个农村社区进行了一项研究，测试使用基于移动电话的技术（姑息治疗高级症状管理系统（ASyMSp））来监测和管理处于疾病晚期的在家护理患者报告的症状的可行性。这项研究的结果表明，该系统对于患者和照顾他们的卫生专业人员来说是可用且可接受的。
In remote communities, where frequent face-to-face contact with health professionals may be difficult, the ongoing review and management of symptoms - a fundamental part of good palliative care - can be difficult to achieve. Telecare and other developments in information technology are increasingly being sought as a means of addressing shifting population demographics and rising demands on stretched health services, and may help in providing a system which allows patients to report their symptoms as they are happening. This may be one way of enhancing symptom management and improving quality of care at the end of life. A study testing the feasibility of using mobile phone-based technology (Advanced Symptom Management System in Palliative Care (ASyMSp)) to monitor and manage symptoms reported by patients being cared for at home in the advanced stages of their illness was carried out in two rural communities in the north of Scotland. The results of this study show that the system was usable and acceptable to patients and the health professionals who cared for them.