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ArticlePatient preference and adherence2019

Development of a Smartphone Program to Support Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy in People with Cancer.

Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Kate M Gunn, Pandora Patterson, Ian Olver

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Article in Patient preference and adherence, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. mHealth for Medication and Side Effect Monitoring: Patients' Attitudes Toward Smart Devices for Managing Oral Chemotherapy During Lung Cancer Treatment.International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare : [proceedings]. International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare · 2023
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  4. Interventions to support adherence to oral anticancer therapies: research challenges, lessons learned, and strategies to overcome them from Australia and Switzerland.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiomara Skrabal RossCancer Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6748-3260
Kate M GunnCancer Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0837-6814
Pandora PattersonFaculty of Nursing, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1686-3252
Ian OlverFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5478-1576
University of South Australia · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe the theoretical, evidence-based and consumer-informed development of a smartphone self-management program aiming to support adherence to oral chemotherapy in adolescents and adults diagnosed with cancer.

methodsThe design of the program followed two frameworks for the development and evaluation of mHealth interventions and was conducted in three steps: 1) conceptualization, which involved an extensive literature review and a scoping review that led to the identification of the behavioral change strategies in the program; 2) definition of features and structure, based on a formative study with end-users to explore their preferences about the structure and elements of the program; and 3) selection of program delivery technology, whereby available technology platforms were examined and the most suitable tool to deliver the program was selected.

resultsThree main reasons for oral chemotherapy non-adherence were identified: forgetfulness, side-effects and poor knowledge about oral chemotherapy. Key behavior change strategies were also identified, namely, medication intake reminders and information about oral chemotherapy and managing side-effects. Based upon end-user feedback the method of delivery of these behavioral strategies that was deemed most appropriate was conventional text messages. The reminders were standard, short, text-only messages sent when each oral chemotherapy dose was due, one way (no need to reply) and addressed the end-users using their first name. Delivery of information about oral chemotherapy and side-effects was tailored to each individual's preferred frequency.

conclusionThe careful design process described in this paper may serve to inform the development of future mobile phone-based medication adherence-enhancing interventions for people with cancer. A trial to explore end-users acceptability of and satisfaction with the intervention is currently underway.

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cancermedication adherencemobile phoneoral chemotherapysmartphonetext messages

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PMID31908427
PMCPMC6930118
OpenAlexW2995967636

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