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Objective:To understand the continuing care needs of patients based on the App and "hospital-community-home" linkage.Methods:With descriptive qualitative research, a semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted in 15 patients with type 2 diabetes in Gongli Hospital, Pudong New Area, Shanghai City, and community hospital from January to February 2020. Thematic analysis and the software NVivo 10.0 were used for data analysis.Results:Five themes were extracted: desire a "hospital-led,community-implemented, family-supported" model of continuing care; desire an appropriate, convenient and personalized access to information and follow-up; expect continuous, comprehensive, professional health guidance; expect to receive continuing care service led by specialized nurses and managed by multidisciplinary team; expect diabetes App to be simple and practical, satisfying various needs such as post-hospitalization condition monitoring, assessment feedback, health education and health intervention,ensure information security and free use.Conclusions:Patients have a strong willingness to receive continuing care based on the App and "hospital-community-family" linkage. A mechanism of "hospital-community-family" linkage continuing care service with clear division of labor should be established, multidisciplinary cooperation should be strengthened, and team advantages should be utilized. Providing comprehensive, professional and evidence-based continuing care services for patients, while further optimizing software functions and focusing on information security construction and following evidence-based guidelines to standardize App content in order to adapt to more patient characteristics and needs.
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Objective:To construct an extended care programme for type 2 diabetes patients based on the App and "hospital-community-family" linkage.Methods:Through literature review and qualitative interviews, an extended care programme for type 2 diabetes patients based on the App "Hospital-community-family" linkage was initially constructed, and two rounds of expert consultation were used to evaluate the usability and adjust the program.Results:This extended care program is led by a diabetes specialist nurse, mediated by a diabetes App, and based on the mechanism of "hospital-community-family" linkage. The intervention included two stages: establishment of patient health records, comprehensive assessments, discharge plan formulation, discharge referrals before discharge, and health monitoring and reminders, health education and consultation, health follow-up, health assessment, consultation and referral after discharge.Conclusion:The construction process of this protocol is scientific and feasible, which can realize continuous and personalized management of patients and promote "integration of resources and complementary advantages".