Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences and Perspectives of Facilitating Self-Management Support for Patients with Low-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer via mHealth and Health Coaching

Louise Faurholt Obro (), Palle Jörn Sloth Osther, Jette Ammentorp, Gitte Thybo Pihl, Peter Gall Krogh and Charlotte Handberg
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Louise Faurholt Obro: Urological Research Center, Vejle Hospital—Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 7100 Vejle, Denmark
Palle Jörn Sloth Osther: Urological Research Center, Vejle Hospital—Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 7100 Vejle, Denmark
Jette Ammentorp: Centre for Research in Patient Communication, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark
Gitte Thybo Pihl: UCL University College, 7100 Vejle, Denmark
Peter Gall Krogh: Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
Charlotte Handberg: The National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: Self-monitoring of self-management interventions with the use of mobile health (mHealth) can enhance patients’ well-being. Research indicates that mHealth and health coaching act symbiotically to providing a more constructive outcome. Nurse coaches seem to have a significant role in translating the patients’ tracked data. Objective: The objective was to explore healthcare professionals’ experiences of an intervention offering self-management support through mHealth and health coaching for patients with prostate cancer. Methods: We used the interpretive description methodology, combining semi-structured individual and focus group interviews and participant observations of patient-coach interactions and use of mHealth in coaching sessions. The study was conducted between June 2017 and August 2020. Results: The nurse coaches experienced motivation and autonomy when possessing the right competences for coaching. Furthermore, the nurse coaches experienced conflicting expectations of their roles when having to integrate mHealth. Conclusion: The experience of being competent, autonomous, and confident is important for the nurse coaches to be mentally present during the coaching sessions. On the other hand, the findings indicate that having the sense of not being confident in one’s own ability to perform leads to reduced motivation.

Keywords: prostate cancer; self-management; well-being; mHealth; health coaching; interpretive description; self-determination theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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