Imperial College London
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ProfessorAlisonMcGregor

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2972a.mcgregor

 
 
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Room 202ASir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Papi:2016:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009544,
author = {Papi, E and Murtagh, GM and McGregor, AH},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009544},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Wearable technologies in osteoarthritis: A qualitative study of clinicians’ preferences.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009544},
volume = {6},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Objective This study investigates clinicians’ views of health-related wearable technologies in the context of supporting osteoarthritis (OA) long-term management. Clinicians’ preferences are critical in identifying realistic implementation strategies for such technologies.Design Qualitative study incorporating an inductive thematic analysis applied to identify key themes from clinicians’ responses.Participants Clinicians, including 4 general practitioners, 4 physiotherapists and 5 orthopaedic surgeons were interviewed.Setting The study was conducted in a University setting.Results Participants all agreed wearable technologies could positively complement their role and enhance their relationship with patients. Perceived benefits of wearable technologies included monitoring patients’ progress, treatment evaluation, monitoring compliance and informing clinical decision-making. The device should be designed to provide objective data of patients’ locomotion capability in an easy and timely fashion via a simple interface. Data should be available to both clinicians and patients to provide them with the motivation to achieve clinical goals and allow them to take ownership of their treatment. The use of technology was also seen as a way to more effectively plan treatment and manage patients’ contact time saving time and cost.Conclusions Findings support the use of wearable technologies to enhance current OA management and suggest clinical uses. Adoption of technologies could have implications on the effectiveness of treatment provided overcoming current barriers, in particular compliance with treatment.
AU  - Papi,E
AU  - Murtagh,GM
AU  - McGregor,AH
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009544
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2044-6055
TI  - Wearable technologies in osteoarthritis: A qualitative study of clinicians’ preferences.
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009544
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28068
VL  - 6
ER  -
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