Becoming data. Patient perspectives on using an eTool in physiotherapy sessions.

Becoming data. Patient perspectives on using an eTool in physiotherapy sessions. Physiother Theory Pract. 2020 Jul 09;:1-15 Authors: Blixt L, Solbrække KN, Bjorbækmo WS Abstract The purpose of this investigation was to gain insights into how patients experience using an electronic tool as part of their physiotherapy assessment, goal setting, and treatment planning. The research data were generated through close observation of eight clinical encounters in primary health care, where the electronic tool was used. Observations were followed by interviews with physiotherapists and patients involved. This manuscript elaborates on the patient informants' perspectives. The analyses, inspired by postphenomenological theory and research, sheds light on patients' concerns whether reliance on what they perceive as fragmented and incomplete data generated from PROM tools will obscure health matters rather than provide health benefits. By various means, including translations, adaptions, and editing together with their physiotherapist, patients were often able to manage their data into, for them, an acceptable, recognizable form. The investigation highlights that for patients to have confidence in this technology, and particularly the methodology of PROMs, they need to trust the way data is handled and interpreted. PMID: 32643988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research