EmpRess: an eHealth implementation readiness checklist for dementia developed through an interview study of stakeholder needs

Christie, Hannah L.; Atefi, Golnaz; Craven, Michael P.; Orrell, Martin; de Vugt, Marjolein E.

Abstract

Objective
This study aimed to create a tool to assess eHealth interventions for dementia by adapting an existing implementation readiness (ImpRess) checklist that assessed manualised interventions.

Methods
In Part 1, online semi-structured interviews with individual stakeholders (N = 9) with expertise in eHealth and dementia were conducted (response rate 83%). The Nonadoption, Abandonment, and challenges to the Scale-Up, Spread, and Sustainability of Health and care technologies (NASSS) framework was applied, both to guide the construction of the interview guide, as well as to use its subdomains as codes in the deductive qualitative thematic analysis. Respondents were industry professionals (n = 3), researchers (n = 3), policy officers (n = 2), and a clinician (n = 1). In Part 2, the items of the original ImpRess checklist were supplemented by items that covered determinants discussed in the interviews, that were not included in the original checklist.

Results
The main findings from the interviews included: Participants’ preference for a non-dementia-specific, more general approach to the checklist; the importance of searching for shared values with implementers; and the need for more systematic monitoring of implementation.

Conclusions
The EmpRess checklist applies an inclusive design approach. The checklist will help evaluate the implementation determinants of eHealth interventions for dementia and provide up-to-date information on what is, and is not, working in eHealth for dementia care.

Citation

Christie, H. L., Atefi, G., Craven, M. P., Orrell, M., & de Vugt, M. E. (2024). EmpRess: an eHealth implementation readiness checklist for dementia developed through an interview study of stakeholder needs. Aging and Mental Health, 28(5), 791-800. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2323951

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 20, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Mar 11, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Mar 12, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 13, 2024
• Journal: Aging and Mental Health
• Print ISSN: 1360-7863
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-6915
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 791-800
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2323951
• Keywords: Dementia; eHealth; implementation readiness; internet interventions; inclusive design
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/32458515
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13607863.2024.2323951