ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2010
Monitoring symptoms at home: what methods would cancer patients be comfortable using?
Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- A randomized trial of weekly symptom telemonitoring in advanced lung cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2014Trial
- Electronic Assessment of Physical Decline in Geriatric Cancer Patients.Current oncology reports · 2018Review
- Effects of web-based interventions on cancer patients' symptoms: review of randomized trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Review
- Patients' reported reasons for non-use of an internet-based patient-provider communication service: qualitative interview study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Article
- Improving modern cancer care through information technology.American journal of preventive medicine · 2011Review
- Formative Evaluation to Assess Communication Technology Access and Health Communication Preferences of Alaska Native People.International journal of indigenous healthArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to determine which methods of remote symptom assessment cancer outpatients would be comfortable using, including those involving information technology, and whether this varied with age and gender.
methodsA questionnaire survey of 477 outpatients attending the Edinburgh Cancer Centre in Edinburgh, UK.
resultsMost patients reported that they would not feel comfortable using methods involving technology such as a secure website, email, mobile phone text message, or a computer voice on the telephone but that they would be more comfortable using more traditional methods such as a paper questionnaire, speaking to a nurse on the telephone, or giving information in person.
conclusionsThe uptake of new, potentially cost-effective technology-based methods of monitoring patients' symptoms at home might be limited by patients' initial discomfort with the idea of using them. It will be important to develop methods of addressing this potential barrier (such as detailed explanation and supervised practice) if these methods are to be successfully implemented.
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