Group-based patient education via videoconference: A scoping review

André Vaagan; Mette Haaland-Øverby; Alison Axisa Eriksen; Kari Fredriksen; Vibeke Stenov; Cecilie Varsi; Brynja Ingadóttir; Bryan Richard Cleal; Anita Røyneberg Alvheim; Karl Fredrik Westermann; Hilde Strømme; Olöf Birna Kristjansdottir

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2023.108026

Group-based patient education via videoconference: A scoping review

Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Jan:118:108026. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108026. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

Affiliations

¹ Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Postbox 4959 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: andre.vaagan@mestring.no.
² Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
³ Learning and Mastery Center, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
⁴ Learning and Mastery Center, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
⁵ Health Promotion Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway,; Department of Digital Health Research, Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁷ Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
⁸ Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ Library of Medicine and Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁰ Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Mental health team West, Primary care of the capital area, Reykjavik, Iceland.

PMID: 37939596
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108026

Abstract

Objectives: To summarize recent evidence on the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of videoconference (VC) group-based patient and caregiver education.

Methods: Systematic searches of the literature were conducted. Data was extracted on the characteristics of the studies and interventions and on the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the interventions.

Results: From 12,570 hits, 65 studies were eligible for inclusion. Their results confirmed previously identified tendencies of high feasibility and acceptability of VC group patient education, and improved health outcomes. However, evidence of effectiveness is limited, and the quality of studies is varied. Several patient and caregiver groups also remain under-researched. Only four studies stated that facilitators were trained in using VC-technology.

Conclusion: VC group-based patient and caregiver education is feasible and acceptable and may improve health outcomes for participant patients and caregivers. However future research should increase the number of high-quality randomized controlled trials to establish the effectiveness of VC group-based education for several groups of patients and caregivers. Studies of the training of facilitators is also warranted.

Practice implications: The results suggest that interventions should be more accessible. An overview of the recent evidence may also stimulate the development and evaluation of VC group-based patient and caregiver education.

Keywords: Patient education; Scoping review; Videoconference.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Caregivers*
Health Education
Humans
Patient Education as Topic*
Videoconferencing