20.500.12556/RUL-182409 Towards integrated care for the elderly exploring the acceptability of telemonitoring for hypertension and type 2 diabetes management Introduction: Telemonitoring has been proposed as an effective method to support integrated care for older people with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. This paper examines acceptability of telemontioring, its role in supporting integrated care, and identifies scale-up barriers. Methods: A concurrent triangulation mixed-methods study, including in-depth interviews (n = 29) and quantitative acceptability tool (n = 55) was conducted among individuals who underwent a 12-month telemonitoring routine. The research was guided by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Interviews were analysed using template content analysis (TCA). Results: TCA identified seven domains of acceptability, with twenty-one subthemes influencing it positively or negatively. In the quantitative survey, acceptability was high across all seven domains with an overall score of 4.4 out of 5. Urban regions showed higher acceptability than rural regions (4.5 vs. 4.3), with rural participants perceiving initial training and participation effort as significantly more burdensome than their urban counterparts. Discussion: Patients described several instances where telemonitoring supported self-management, education, treatment, and identification elements of the integrated care package. However, there were barriers that may limit its further scale-up. Conclusion: For further scale-up, it is important to screen patients for monitoring eligibility, adapt telemonitoring devices to elderly needs, combine telemonitoring with health education, involve family members, and establish follow-up programmes. acceptability mobile health telemonitoring aged self-management integrated care sprejemljivost mobilno zdravje spremljanje na daljavo starostniki samokontrola celostna oskrba true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-05-11 09:24:05 2026-05-11 09:24:08 2026-07-16 08:57:46 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 13 str. iss. 2, art. 16 Vol. 24 May 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 616.379 1568-4156 10.5334/ijic.7621 197576195 RAZ_Mihevc_Matic_2024.pdf RAZ_Mihevc_Matic_2024.pdf 1 B392212F6F100D9AFBB795CA70C99D17 66d4f5c7326f6e5b7c2176b50d65de5b8bfe2fae2ba05b08a9af77a49293f07a 779e4382-4d0a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233618 https://ijic.org/articles/10.5334/ijic.7621 1 1a5ebe96-4d0a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233617 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0