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- A Cirurgia de Substituição Valvular Aórtica Melhora a Qualidade de Vida dos Doentes?Publication . Coelho, P; Ferreira, L; Vital, C; Fragata, JIntrodução: O objetivo da cirurgia de substituição valvular aórtica é o aumento da esperança de vida e a melhoria da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde. Existem vários estudos que evidenciam melhoria da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde nestes doentes, mas não aplicados à população portuguesa. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde pós-implantação de prótese aórtica e comparar com a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde pré-operatória e da população em geral. Material e Métodos: Foi feito um estudo retrospetivo de doentes eletivos submetidos a implantação de prótese aórtica entre agosto de 2011 e abril de 2016. A qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde foi avaliada com o Short Form 36 Health Survey Instrument e com o Short Form 6 Health Survey Instrument no pré-operatório e aos 3, 6 e 12 meses pós-cirurgia. Foram realizadas análises descritivas e inferenciais para analisar globalmente a amostra e para comparar a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde pré-operatória com a pós-operatória e com as normas da população portuguesa. Resultados: Foram incluídos 506 doentes, com idade média de 70,6 anos, sendo 53,6% do sexo masculino. Os resultados do pósoperatório evidenciam uma melhoria estatisticamente significativa quando comparados com o pré-operatório nas oito dimensões do Short Form 36 Health Survey Instrument. Comparando com a população Portuguesa em geral, a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde dos doentes é inferior no pré-operatório, melhorando no pós-operatório, atingindo níveis de qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde superiores nalguns subgrupos de doentes e em algumas dimensões. Os resultados do Short Form 6 Health Survey Instrument revelam maior intensidade de problemas no pré-operatório quando comparados com a população em geral, aproximando-se dos valores população em geral ao final de um ano pós-cirurgia. Discussão: Este é o primeiro estudo realizado em Portugal que compara a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde, usando uma escala validada, antes e depois da cirurgia de implantação de prótese aórtica. Os resultados demonstram a existência de uma melhoria significativa em todas as dimensões, o que não acontece consistentemente noutros estudos publicados. Conclusão: A implantação de prótese aórtica melhora a qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde dos doentes, permitindo que esta se aproxime dos resultados da população em geral.
- Developing and Validating High-Value Patient Digital Follow-Up Services: a Pilot Study in Cardiac SurgeryPublication . Londral, A; Azevedo, S; Dias, P; Ramos, C; Santos, J; Martins, F; Silva, R; Semedo, H; Vital, C; Gualdino, A; Falcão, J; Lapão, LV; Coelho, P; Fragata, JBackground: The existing digital healthcare solutions demand a service development approach that assesses needs, experience, and outcomes, to develop high-value digital healthcare services. The objective of this study was to develop a digital transformation of the patients' follow-up service after cardiac surgery, based on a remote patient monitoring service that would respond to the real context challenges. Methods: The study followed the Design Science Research methodology framework and incorporated concepts from the Lean startup method to start designing a minimal viable product (MVP) from the available resources. The service was implemented in a pilot study with 29 patients in 4 iterative develop-test-learn cycles, with the engagement of developers, researchers, clinical teams, and patients. Results: Patients reported outcomes daily for 30 days after surgery through Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and a mobile app. The service's evaluation considered experience, feasibility, and effectiveness. It generated high satisfaction and high adherence among users, fewer readmissions, with an average of 7 ± 4.5 clinical actions per patient, primarily due to abnormal systolic blood pressure or wound-related issues. Conclusions: We propose a 6-step methodology to design and validate a high-value digital health care service based on collaborative learning, real-time development, iterative testing, and value assessment.
- Scaling-Up Digital Follow-Up Care Services: Collaborative Development and Implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring Pilot Initiatives to Increase Access to Follow-Up CarePublication . Azevedo, S; Guede-Fernández, F; Hafe, F; Dias, P; Lopes, I; Cardoso, N; Coelho, P; Santos, J; Fragata, J; Vital, C; Semedo, H; Gualdino, A; Londral, ABackground: COVID-19 increased the demand for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services as a rapid solution for safe patient follow-up in a lockdown context. Time and resource constraints resulted in unplanned scaled-up RPM pilot initiatives posing risks to the access and quality of care. Scalability and rapid implementation of RPM services require social change and active collaboration between stakeholders. Therefore, a participatory action research (PAR) approach is needed to support the collaborative development of the technological component while simultaneously implementing and evaluating the RPM service through critical action-reflection cycles. Objective: This study aims to demonstrate how PAR can be used to guide the scalability design of RPM pilot initiatives and the implementation of RPM-based follow-up services. Methods: Using a case study strategy, we described the PAR team's (nurses, physicians, developers, and researchers) activities within and across the four phases of the research process (problem definition, planning, action, and reflection). Team meetings were analyzed through content analysis and descriptive statistics. The PAR team selected ex-ante pilot initiatives to reflect upon features feedback and participatory level assessment. Pilot initiatives were investigated using semi-structured interviews transcribed and coded into themes following the principles of grounded theory and pilot meetings minutes and reports through content analysis. The PAR team used the MoSCoW prioritization method to define the set of features and descriptive statistics to reflect on the performance of the PAR approach. Results: The approach involved two action-reflection cycles. From the 15 features identified, the team classified 11 as must-haves in the scaled-up version. The participation was similar among researchers (52.9%), developers (47.5%), and physicians (46.7%), who focused on suggesting and planning actions. Nurses with the lowest participation (5.8%) focused on knowledge sharing and generation. The top three meeting outcomes were: improved research and development system (35.0%), socio-technical-economic constraints characterization (25.2%), and understanding of end-user technology utilization (22.0%). Conclusion: The scalability and implementation of RPM services must consider contextual factors, such as individuals' and organizations' interests and needs. The PAR approach supports simultaneously designing, developing, testing, and evaluating the RPM technological features, in a real-world context, with the participation of healthcare professionals, developers, and researchers.