Patient Acceptability of Home Monitoring for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Reactivation: A Qualitative Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 20; p. 13714
• Main Authors: O'Connor, Seán R, Treanor, Charlene, Ward, Elizabeth, Wickens, Robin A, O'Connell, Abby, Culliford, Lucy A, Rogers, Chris A, Gidman, Eleanor A, Peto, Tunde, Knox, Paul C, Burton, Benjamin J L, Lotery, Andrew J, Sivaprasad, Sobha, Reeves, Barnaby C, Hogg, Ruth E, Donnelly, Michael, Monarch Study Group
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Acceptability; Aged; Health Personnel; Humans; Interviews; Macular degeneration; Macular Degeneration - diagnosis; Monitoring; Monitoring instruments; Older people; Patients; Professional ethics; Qualitative Research; Technology; Technology Acceptance Model; Telemedicine; technology acceptance; patient perspective; qualitative methods; ophthalmic care

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is a chronic, progressive condition and the commonest cause of visual disability in older adults. This study formed part of a diagnostic test accuracy study to quantify the ability of three index home monitoring (HM) tests (one paper-based and two...