The Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio app : a digital health system to improve wellbeing of inpatients with heart or lung disease

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BACKGROUND: An app providing material for education and entertaining is a possible way to support patients and healthcare providers in achieving person-centered care.

METHODS: An app tailored on the Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio (FTGM), a research hospital treating cardiac and lung disorders, was created. A pilot evaluation project was conducted on consecutive patients hospitalized for heart or lung disorders. Patients were asked to complete an assessment questionnaire.

RESULTS: The FTGM app provides information on diagnostic and therapeutic investigations, hospital and healthcare personnel, and includes content for entertainment and learning. It was tested on 215 consecutive patients (75% men, 66% aged >60 years, and 40% with a primary or middle school degree). Sixty-nine percentage of patients used the FTGM app, including 67% of patients aged >80 years and 65% of those with an elementary education (65%). Patients gave positive feedback on the app layout. Many (76%) looked for information on doctors and nurses in the 'People' section. Sixty-five percent of responders had used at least one of the sections called 'Music' and 'Museum visits'. The app helped many patients perceive the hospital as a more liveable place (68%), and to feel less anxious (76%), and more engaged in the diagnostic and therapeutic workup (65%). Overall, the majority of responders (87%) rated the app as 'excellent' or 'good', and almost all (95%) would have recommended other patients to use the app.

CONCLUSIONS: The FTGM app is a possible tool to improve patient wellbeing during hospitalization.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) - 25(2024), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 294-302

Sprache:

Englisch

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Aimo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Tono, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Benelli, Eleonora [VerfasserIn]
Morfino, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Panichella, Giorgia [VerfasserIn]
Damone, Anna Luce [VerfasserIn]
Speltri, Maria Filomena [VerfasserIn]
Airò, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Monti, Simonetta [VerfasserIn]
Passino, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Lazzarini, Maila [VerfasserIn]
De Rosis, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Nuti, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Morelli, Maria Sole [VerfasserIn]
Evangelista, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Poletti, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Emdin, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Bergamasco, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2459/JCM.0000000000001593

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NLM367945029