TY - GEN
T1 - Communication Patterns in a Collaborative Medication Scheduling Task among Older Adults
AU - Kannampallil, Thomas G.
AU - Morrow, Daniel G.
AU - Fu, Wai Tat
AU - Raquel, Liza
AU - Muriset, Angela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/6
Y1 - 2016/12/6
N2 - Older adults' medication planning and scheduling can benefit from collaborative support from healthcare providers, and through the use of cognitive support AIDS. In this paper, we investigate the communication strategies that older adults utilize for collaborative medication scheduling. 32 community-dwelling older adults participated in pairs, and performed the role of a patient or provider in a simulated patient-provider medicationscheduling task. Each pair worked together using an unstructured (Paper condition) or a structured (MedTable condition) medication-scheduling tool and completed two medication-scheduling problems (1 simple, 1 complex). Verbal interactions were captured and analyzed sequentially to identify the structure and content of conversation related to problem solving. Based on the study, we found that (a) MedTable likely fostered interactive communication through more turn taking during conversations, and shorter length of conversations within these turns, (b) MedTable-based conversations were symmetrically structured with 'repeat-back' conversations, potentially arising out of the fact that MedTable supported confirmatory strategies by making shared information more salient during interactions. The implications of the results for the design of medication scheduling tools for older adults are discussed.
AB - Older adults' medication planning and scheduling can benefit from collaborative support from healthcare providers, and through the use of cognitive support AIDS. In this paper, we investigate the communication strategies that older adults utilize for collaborative medication scheduling. 32 community-dwelling older adults participated in pairs, and performed the role of a patient or provider in a simulated patient-provider medicationscheduling task. Each pair worked together using an unstructured (Paper condition) or a structured (MedTable condition) medication-scheduling tool and completed two medication-scheduling problems (1 simple, 1 complex). Verbal interactions were captured and analyzed sequentially to identify the structure and content of conversation related to problem solving. Based on the study, we found that (a) MedTable likely fostered interactive communication through more turn taking during conversations, and shorter length of conversations within these turns, (b) MedTable-based conversations were symmetrically structured with 'repeat-back' conversations, potentially arising out of the fact that MedTable supported confirmatory strategies by making shared information more salient during interactions. The implications of the results for the design of medication scheduling tools for older adults are discussed.
KW - adherence
KW - medication scheduling
KW - older adults
KW - simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010311122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICHI.2016.66
DO - 10.1109/ICHI.2016.66
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010311122
T3 - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
SP - 367
EP - 374
BT - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
A2 - Fu, Wai-Tat
A2 - Zheng, Kai
A2 - Hodges, Larry
A2 - Stiglic, Gregor
A2 - Blandford, Ann
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016
Y2 - 4 October 2016 through 7 October 2016
ER -