Abstract

While eHealth technologies such as web-based interventions, mobile apps, and virtual reality have the potential to be of added value for forensic mental healthcare, there is a gap between this potential and the current situation in practice. The goal of this study was to identify recommendations to bridge this gap. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews and 89 questionnaires were conducted in a Dutch forensic mental healthcare sample consisting of professionals, patients, and eHealth experts. Based on the broad range of identified recommendations, it can be concluded that attention should be paid to the characteristics of professionals, patients, technology, and the organization throughout the development, implementation and evaluation of eHealth.

摘要

尽管诸如基于Web的干预措施，移动应用程序和虚拟现实等eHealth技术可能为法医精神保健增值，但这种潜力与实践中的现状之间还是存在差距。这项研究的目的是确定弥补这一差距的建议。在由专业人员，患者和eHealth专家组成的荷兰法医精神卫生样本中，总共进行了21次半结构化访谈和89个问卷调查。根据已确定的广泛建议，可以得出结论，在电子卫生保健的开发，实施和评估过程中，应注意专业人员，患者，技术和组织的特征。