TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ahmed, Mona
AU  - Marín, Mayca
AU  - Bouça-Machado, Raquel
AU  - How, Daniella
AU  - Judica, Elda
AU  - Tropea, Peppino
AU  - Bentlage, Ellen
AU  - Brach, Michael
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/1/12
TI  - Investigating Users' and Other Stakeholders' Needs in the Development of a Personalized Integrated Care Platform (PROCare4Life) for Older People with Dementia or Parkinson Disease: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
JO  - JMIR Res Protoc
SP  - e22463
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
KW  - dementia
KW  - older adults
KW  - neurodegenerative diseases
KW  - integrated care
KW  - health care technologies
KW  - user-centered design
AB  - Background: Dementias—including Alzheimer disease—and Parkinson disease profoundly impact the quality of life of older population members and their families. PROCare4Life (Personalized Integrated Care Promoting Quality of Life for Older Adults) is a European project that recognizes the benefit of technology-based integrated care models in improving the care coordination and the quality of life of these target groups. This project proposes an integrated, scalable, and interactive care platform targeting older people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, their caregivers, and socio-health professionals. PROCare4Life adopts a user-centered design approach from the early stage and throughout platform development and implementation, during which the platform is designed and adapted to the needs and requirements of all the involved users. Objective: This paper presents the study protocol for investigating users’ needs and requirements regarding the design of the proposed PROCare4Life platform. Methods: A mixed qualitative and quantitative study design is utilized, including online surveys, interviews, and workshops. The study aimed to recruit approximately 200 participants, including patients diagnosed with dementia or Parkinson disease, caregivers, socio-health professionals, and other stakeholders, from five different European countries: Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. Results: The study took place between April and September 2020. Recruitment is now closed, and all the data have been collected and analyzed in order to be used in shaping the large-scale pilot phase of the PROCare4Life project. Results of the study are expected to be published in spring 2021. Conclusions: This paper charts the protocol for a user-centered design approach at the early stage of the PROCare4Life project in order to shape and influence an integrated health platform suitable for its intended target group and purpose. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/22463 
SN  - 1929-0748
UR  - https://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/1/e22463
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/22463
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33433394
DO  - 10.2196/22463
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/22463
ER  -