Monitoring symptoms at home: what methods would cancer patients be comfortable using?

Purpose: This study aimed to determine which methods of remote symptom assessment cancer outpatients would be comfortable using, including those involving information technology, and whether this varied with age and gender.Methods: A questionnaire survey of 477 outpatients attending the Edinburgh Ca...

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Publicado en:Quality of Life Research Vol. 19; no. 7; pp. 965 - 969
Autores principales: Kleiboer A, Gowing K, Holm Hansen C, Hibberd C, Hodges L, Walker J, Thekkumpurath P, O'Connor M, Murray G, Sharpe M, Kleiboer, Annet, Gowing, Katie, Holm Hansen, Christian, Hibberd, Carina, Hodges, Laura, Walker, Jane, Thekkumpurath, Parvez, O'Connor, Mark, Murray, Gordon, Sharpe, Michael
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2010
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          Walker J
          Thekkumpurath P
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          Murray G
          Sharpe M
          Kleiboer, Annet
          Gowing, Katie
          Holm Hansen, Christian
          Hibberd, Carina
          Hodges, Laura
          Walker, Jane
          Thekkumpurath, Parvez
          O'Connor, Mark
          Murray, Gordon
          Sharpe, Michael
        affil: Psychological Medicine Research, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF, UK
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          Home Health Care
          Neoplasms Therapy
          Patient Attitudes
          Telemedicine
          Adult
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Cross Sectional Studies
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          Female
          Human
          Male
          Middle Age
          Monitoring, Physiologic Methods
          Young Adult
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: Purpose: This study aimed to determine which methods of remote symptom assessment cancer outpatients would be comfortable using, including those involving information technology, and whether this varied with age and gender.Methods: A questionnaire survey of 477 outpatients attending the Edinburgh Cancer Centre in Edinburgh, UK.Results: Most patients reported that they would not feel comfortable using methods involving technology such as a secure website, email, mobile phone text message, or a computer voice on the telephone but that they would be more comfortable using more traditional methods such as a paper questionnaire, speaking to a nurse on the telephone, or giving information in person.Conclusions: The uptake of new, potentially cost-effective technology-based methods of monitoring patients' symptoms at home might be limited by patients' initial discomfort with the idea of using them. It will be important to develop methods of addressing this potential barrier (such as detailed explanation and supervised practice) if these methods are to be successfully implemented.
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