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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2019

Mobile Health Application and e-Health Literacy: Opportunities and Concerns for Cancer Patients and Caregivers.

Hyunmin Kim, Joy V Goldsmith, Soham Sengupta, Asos Mahmood, M Paige Powell, Jay Bhatt, Cyril F Chang, Soumitra S Bhuyan

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05072379 (Examining the Effectiveness of a Mobile App on Self-care for a Colostomy Among Colorectal Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05072379 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Examining the Effectiveness of a Mobile App on Self-care for a Colostomy Among Colorectal Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers

TypeinterventionalSponsorCheng-Hsin General HospitalRan2021 to 2022Enrolled120ConditionsColostomyArmscolostomy self-care app
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Health literacy in cancer caregivers: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hyunmin KimDivision of Health Systems Management and Policy, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Joy V GoldsmithDepartment of Communication, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Soham SenguptaDepartment of Business Information and Technology, The Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Asos MahmoodDivision of Health Systems Management and Policy, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
M Paige PowellDivision of Health Systems Management and Policy, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Jay BhattHealth Research & Educational Trust, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL, 60606, USA.
Cyril F ChangDepartment of Economics, The Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Soumitra S BhuyanDivision of Health Systems Management and Policy, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA. sbhuyan@memphis.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health literacy is critical for cancer patients as they must understand complex procedures or treatment options. Caregivers' health literacy also plays a crucial role in caring for cancer patients. Low health literacy is associated with low adherence to medications, poor health status, and increased health care costs. There is a growing interest in the use of mobile health applications (apps) to improve health literacy. Mobile health apps can empower underserved cancer patients and their caregivers by providing features or functionalities to enhance interactive patient-provider communication and to understand medical information more readily. Despite the potentiality of improving health literacy through mobile health apps, there exist several related concerns: no equal access to mobile technology, no familiarity or knowledge of using mobile health apps, and privacy and security concerns. These elements should be taken into account for health policy making and mobile apps design and development. Importantly, mobile apps should be developed with the goal of achieving a high range of user access by considering all health literacy level and various cultural and linguistic needs.

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CaregiversHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyHumansMobile ApplicationsNeoplasmsPatientsPrivacyTelemedicineCancerCaregiverse-Health literacyMobile applicationsPatientsUnderserved populations

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PMID29139070

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