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01-09-2010 | Brief Communication

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

Auteurs: Annet Kleiboer, Katie Gowing, Christian Holm Hansen, Carina Hibberd, Laura Hodges, Jane Walker, Parvez Thekkumpurath, Mark O’Connor, Gordon Murray, Michael Sharpe

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 7/2010

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Abstract

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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Metagegevens
Titel
Monitoring symptoms at home: what methods would cancer patients be comfortable using?
Auteurs
Annet Kleiboer
Katie Gowing
Christian Holm Hansen
Carina Hibberd
Laura Hodges
Jane Walker
Parvez Thekkumpurath
Mark O’Connor
Gordon Murray
Michael Sharpe
Publicatiedatum
01-09-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 7/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9662-0