ArticleBMC women's health2022
Effectiveness of a self-management mobile app on the quality of life of women with breast cancer: a study in a developing country.
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- Effectiveness of eHealth interventions in long-term follow-up care for breast and gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Internet-Based Interventions in Quality of Life Assessments Among Women Living With Breast Cancer: A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Approach.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Pooled it
- Technology-based self-management interventions for women with breast cancer: a systematic review.Korean journal of women health nursing · 2023Pooled it
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- The use of virtual reality in cancer patient health education: A scoping review.International journal of nursing sciences · 2026Review
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- Development, Usability, and Quality Evaluation of a Mobile Application to Enhance the Functional Aspects of Social Relationships Among Cancer Patients: An Applied-Developmental Mixed-Methods Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- TreC_Metha: A Digital Application to Enhance Patient Agency, Therapy Compliance and Quality of Life in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- The preferences of breast cancer patients regarding a digital social care platform.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Expert evaluation of mobile health apps for breast cancer management: a feature-based analysis using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS).BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- The Efficacy of the Smartphone App for the Self-Management of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Assessment of Their Quality through the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) in Italy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Identifying factors that affect the use of health information technology in the treatment and management of hypertension.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-management involves taking responsibility for personal health and taking the initiative to do so. This can be accomplished by learning information and skills that will help consider the difficulties may encounter during and after cancer treatment. With this perspective, we have aimed to develop a self-management mobile app for women with breast cancer in Iran and evaluate its impact on the quality of life of patients.
methodThis study is a methodological study in 2021. We developed the app during three phases. The first phase aimed at identifying educational content and designing user experience, the second phase aimed at developing and implementing the app, and the third phase aimed at evaluating pre-and post-implementation.
resultIn this study, an Android app for self-management women with breast cancer was developed. According to the results of the pre-and post-implementations among the most significant changes were in the quality of life level, highest respectively: social avoidance (Pre: 6.41-Post: 3.56), negative feelings (Pre: 5.93 - Post: 3.40), sexual function (Pre: 6.80 - Post: 5.04), sexual interest (Pre: 6.41 - Post: 4.75) and pain (Pre: 6.37 - Post: 4.97). And least the changes respectively: distress-family (Pre: 7 - Post: 7), distress-recurrence (Pre: 4.49 - Post: 4.38), benefits (Pre: 2.47 - Post: 3.12), appearance (Pre: 4.10 - Post: 3.32). Also, we calculated the usability evaluation of this app with the system usability scale (SUS); the overall rating score was 83/100, an excellent level (> 80.3), and a grade A.
conclusionThe study shows that a breast cancer self-management app can support and improve the quality of life of women with breast cancer. We conducted this study to show that by developing a self-management app, women with breast cancer can improve their quality of life, - by increasing their self-management skills.
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