Table 5.

Characteristics of the Conceptual Model of Shared Health Informatics (CoMSHI) compared with models from studies by Li et al, Epstein et al, Swan, and Murnane et al.

Model	Model description and basis	Role of tracker	Work	Roles of others	Outcomes
Stage-Based Model of Personal Informatics [11]	Literature analysis, empirical study defining personal informatics	One person who performs all work	Preparation, collection, integration, reflection, action	N/Aa	Increased self-knowledge, informed action
Lived Informatics Model of Personal Informatics [16]	Literature analysis, empirical study defining lived informatics	One person who performs all work	Deciding, Selecting, tracking and acting, lapsing	N/A	Increased self-knowledge, informed action, lapsed tool use with possible resumption
Patient-Driven Health Care Model [42]	Description of patient-driven health care	One patient who performs all work	Research, treat, intervene, experiment, track, measure	Patient initiates contact with peers and professionals	Self-expression, enhancement, prevention, cure, normalization, improvement
Model of the Sociotechnical Ecology Surrounding Serious Mental Illness Management [43]	Literature analysis, empirical study defining social relations in managing severe mental illness	One patient who performs work and is influenced by external actors and contexts	N/A	Patient interacts with close ties, institutions, sociocultural context	Interpersonal comparisons and baselines, mitigation and management of crises
Conceptual Model of Shared Health Informatics	Literature analysis, empirical study defining people and work in tracking to manage chronic illness	One or more people who communicate and share tracking work	Communication, information, collection, integration, reflection, action	Part of the social ecology communicating and supporting tracking work	Increased knowledge, communication, informed action

^aN/A: not applicable.