ArticleJournal of pediatric nursing
Symptoms and daily experiences reported by children with cancer using a game-based app.
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- When children speak, listening heals: advancing symptom screening in pediatric oncology.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- The Role of Mobile Applications in Enhancing the Health-Related Quality of Life of Children with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Symptom Documentation in Unstructured Palliative Care Notes of Children and Adolescents With Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Usability Evaluation of the RevisedChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Investigating the Use of Serious Games for Cancer Control Among Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Clinician perspectives on nutritional impairment in children undergoing cancer chemotherapy in Thailand: A qualitative descriptive study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
- Building a prototype of a continence goal-selection tool for children with spina bifida: Patient, parental and urology provider recommendations.Journal of pediatric urology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeMobile health (mHealth) resources, including apps, are emerging as resources to support children in tracking symptoms and other health-related data. The purpose of this study was to describe symptoms and daily experiences reported by elementary school-age children receiving treatment for cancer using the newly developed Color Me Healthy app. DESIGN AND
methodsParticipants in this descriptive study were children 6-12 years of age, who were receiving cancer treatment at a free-standing children's hospital in the Intermountain West of the United States. Children were requested to use the app for at least five days between clinical visits. Children's app-reported data were extracted from individual user accounts for analysis. Quantitative data were summarized descriptively. Qualitative data were summarized using qualitative content analysis.
resultsNineteen children (6-12 years; median 8 years; 7 females) completed 107 days of app use. All children reported symptoms at least once, and 14 reported at least one day with a symptom of moderate or greater severity. Daily experiences reported through the app reflected children's engagement in usual childhood experiences while also describing life with cancer, including symptoms.
conclusionsElementary school-age children are capable of self-reporting symptoms using a symptom reporting app, providing preliminary evidence for the potential benefits and clinical relevance of mHealth resources to support health outcomes within this population. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians should anticipate and support ongoing symptom management needs between clinical visits. Children's self-reported data can promote a person-centered approach to symptom assessment and management.
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