Evaluation and Improvement of Palliative Care: A health technology to improve the quality of death and reduce hospital oncology expenses.
Objectives: Palliative care is an approach that promotes the quality of life of patients and their families facing any life-threatening illness, regardless of diagnosis. To this end, it requires early identification, through assessment of status, performance and decision-making. In order to facilita...
| Publicado en: | Psicooncologia Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 303 - 312 |
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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To this end, it requires early identification, through assessment of status, performance and decision-making. In order to facilitate this process, this research aimed to develop a mobile mHealth application designed to assess prognosis and life expectancy, support decision-making about the transition to palliative care, and offer educational content on the subject. Method: A research project was conducted to develop a scientific and technological production. Through a multidisciplinary team, with periodic meetings, integrative literature reviews on the topic were initially carried out, as well as benchmarking to identify needs and establish the requirements for the design and redesign stages of the application interface. Results: An application was created that allows patient registration, completion of performance status assessment scales, monitoring of patient history, and obtaining information via a fixed platform and through interaction with a chatbot. Conclusions: The importance of a mobile application with features that are easy to use for healthcare professionals is considered, facilitating the effective monitoring of patient progress. This tool can contribute as an addition to the therapeutic process, being used by any professional category, assisting them in making decisions about the appropriate therapeutic approach for each patient in oncology. Objetivos: los cuidados paliativos son un enfoque que promueve la calidad de vida de los pacientes y sus familias frente a cualquier enfermedad potencialmente mortal. Para ello se requiere una identificación temprana mediante la evaluación de la situación, el rendimiento y la adopción de decisiones. Para facilitar este proceso, esta investigación tuvo como objetivo desarrollar una aplicación móvil de mHealth diseñada para evaluar el pronóstico y la esperanza de vida, apoyar la toma de decisiones sobre la transición a los cuidados paliativos y ofrecer contenido educativo sobre el tema. Método: Se llevó a cabo un proyecto de investigación para desarrollar una producción científica y tecnológica. A través de un equipo multidisciplinario se realizaron inicialmente revisiones integradoras de la literatura, así como evaluaciones comparativas para identificar las necesidades y establecer los requisitos para las etapas de diseño y rediseño de la interfaz de aplicación. Resultados: Se creó una aplicación que permite el registro del paciente, la realización de las escalas de evaluación del estado de rendimiento, el seguimiento del historial del paciente y la obtención de información a través de una plataforma fija y mediante la interacción con un chatbot. Conclusiones: Se considera la importancia de una aplicación móvil con características que sean fáciles de usar para los profesionales de la salud, facilitando el seguimiento efectivo del progreso del paciente. Esta herramienta puede contribuir como complemento al proceso terapéutico, siendo utilizada por cualquier categoría profesional, asistiéndolos en la toma de decisiones sobre el enfoque terapéutico apropiado para cada paciente en oncología. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Psicooncologia is the property of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Psicooncologia holder: Universidad Complutense de Madrid dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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