Trial reportPalliative medicine2013
Communicating advanced cancer patients' symptoms via the Internet: a pooled analysis of two randomized trials examining caregiver preparedness, physical burden, and negative mood.
Trial report in Palliative medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Web-based Support for Informal Caregivers in Cancer
Clinician Integration Study
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of Digital Health on Patient-Provider Relationships in Respiratory Secondary Care Based on Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Telemedicine on Informal Caregivers of Patients in Palliative Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to improve outcomes for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a meta-analysis.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Pooled it
- What's behind the Dashboard? Intervention Mapping of a Mobility Outcomes Monitoring System for Rehabilitation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Telemedicine Use Among Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Feasibility, useability and acceptability of technology-based interventions for informal cancer carers: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2018Pooled it
- Components and Outcomes of Internet-Based Interventions for Caregivers of Older Adults: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Reducing caregiver stress with internet-based interventions: a systematic review of open-label and randomized controlled trials.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review of telehealth tools and interventions to support family caregivers.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2015Pooled it
- Empowering caregivers in the radiotherapy process: the results of a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
- Suffering in Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Control Trial of a Narrative Intervention.Journal of palliative medicine · 2018Trial
- SurvivorCHESS to increase physical activity in colon cancer survivors: can we get them moving?Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Trial
- Reducing Symptom Distress in Patients With Advanced Cancer Using an e-Alert System for Caregivers: Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- Technology-based applications for relatives and caregivers of people with advanced breast cancer-a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- The Current Landscape of Remote Digital Symptom Monitoring for Patients With Lung Cancer: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Use of Health and Welfare Technology in Palliative Care: State-of-the-Art Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Review
- Mapping study on AI-based technologies in palliative care - a scoping study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Usability of a Web-Based Peer Support Network for Care Partners of People With Serious Illness (ConnectShareCare): Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Nursing Support for Caregiver Burden in Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer: A Scoping Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
- Caregivers' demands: caring atmosphere expected by cancer patients' caregivers-a qualitative content analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundUsing available communication technologies, clinicians may offer timely support to family caregivers in managing symptoms in patients with advanced cancer at home.
aimTo assess the effects of an online symptom reporting system on caregiver preparedness, physical burden, and negative mood.
designA pooled analysis of two randomized trials (NCT00214162 and NCT00365963) was conducted to compare caregiver outcomes at 6 and 12 months after intervention between two randomized, unblinded groups using General Linear Mixed Modeling. Caregivers in one group (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System-Only) were given access to an interactive cancer communication system, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System. Those in the other group (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System + Clinician Report) received access to Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System plus an online symptom reporting system called the Clinician Report. Clinicians of patients in the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System + Clinician Report group received e-mail alerts notifying them when a symptom distress was reported over a predetermined threshold. SETTING/
participantsDyads (n = 235) of advanced-stage lung, breast, and prostate cancer patients and their adult caregivers were recruited at five outpatient oncology clinics in the United States.
resultsCaregivers in the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System + Clinician Report group reported less negative mood than those in the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System-Only group at both 6 months (p = 0.009) and 12 months (p = 0.004). Groups were not significantly different on caregiver preparedness or physical burden at either time point.
conclusionsThis study provides new evidence that by using an online symptom reporting system, caregivers may experience less emotional distress due to the Clinician Report's timely communication of caregiving needs in symptom management to clinicians.
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