Preferences of Older Adult Veterans With Heart Failure for Engaging With Mobile Health Technology to Support Self-care: Qualitative Interview Study Among Patients With Heart Failure and Content Analysis

Marva Foster   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Wei Xiong   ^{3 *} , MA, MS ;   Lisa Quintiliani   ² , PhD ;   Christine W Hartmann   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Stephan Gaehde   ^{6, 7} , MD, MPH

¹ VA Boston Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Boston, MA, United States

² Department of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

³ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁴ VA Bedford Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, United States

⁶ VA Boston Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Services, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

*these authors contributed equally