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Trial reportJournal of pain and symptom management2014

Web-based symptom management for women with recurrent ovarian cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trial of the WRITE Symptoms intervention.

Heidi S Donovan, Sandra E Ward, Susan M Sereika, Judith E Knapp, Paula R Sherwood, Catherine M Bender, Robert P Edwards, Margaret Fields, Renee Ingel

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of applying digital health in palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  3. The efficacy of web or mobile-based interventions to alleviate emotional symptoms in people with advanced cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  7. A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial of symptom management for cancer survivors during treatment and their informal caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  12. The relationship between mobile health app use, eHealth literacy, and psychological well-being in women with gynecological cancer: a descriptive correlational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Heidi S DonovanUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: donovanh@pitt.edu.
Sandra E WardUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Susan M SereikaUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Judith E KnappUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paula R SherwoodUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Catherine M BenderUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Robert P EdwardsSchool of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Margaret FieldsUniversity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Renee IngelUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · USCarlow University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Internet-Based Cancer Symptom Management: WRITE SymptomsR21NR009275 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DONOVAN, HEIDI S · 2005 to 2006
$402k
NINR NIH HHS R21 NR009275NINR NIH HHS R21 NR07035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextLittle research has focused on symptom management among women with ovarian cancer. Written Representational Intervention To Ease Symptoms (WRITE Symptoms) is an educational intervention delivered through asynchronous web-based message boards between a study participant and a nurse.

objectivesWe evaluated WRITE Symptoms for 1) feasibility of conducting the study via message boards, 2) system usability, 3) participant satisfaction, and 4) initial efficacy.

methodsParticipants were 65 women (mean age, 56.5; SD = 9.23) with recurrent ovarian cancer randomized using minimization with race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white vs. minority) as the stratification factor. Measures were obtained at baseline and two and six weeks after intervention. Outcomes were feasibility of conducting the study, system usability, participant satisfaction, and efficacy (symptom severity, distress, consequences, and controllability).

resultsFifty-six (87.5%) participants were retained, and the mean usability score (range 1-7) was 6.18 (SD = 1.29). All satisfaction items were scored at 5 (of 7) or higher. There were significant between-group effects at T2 for symptom distress, with those in the WRITE Symptoms group reporting lower distress than those in the control group [t(88.4) = -2.57; P = 0.012], with a similar trend for symptom severity [t(40.4) = -1.95; P = 0.058]. Repeated measures analysis also supported a group effect, with those in the WRITE Symptoms group reporting lower symptom distress than those in the control condition [F(1, 56.7) = 4.59; P = 0.037].

conclusionParticipants found the intervention and assessment system easy to use and had high levels of satisfaction. Initial efficacy was supported by decreases in symptom severity and distress.

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InternetFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth CommunicationHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalOvarian NeoplasmsPalliative CarePatient DropoutsPatient SatisfactionPilot ProjectsTreatment OutcomeUser-Computer Interfacehealth communicationOvarian neoplasmpalliative carepatient educationrandomized trialsymptom managementtelenursing

Identifiers

PMID24018206
PMCPMC3932314
OpenAlexW1998184207

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