Development and pilot study of "Smart Cancer Care": a platform for managing side effects of chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As outpatient chemotherapy treatment increases, cancer patients receiving chemotherapy spend more time at home. In addition, since the types of chemotherapy are gradually expanding, it will be essential to prepare patient self-management strategies for various chemotherapy-related side effects. This study aimed to develop a platform (called Smart Cancer Care) to implement a chemotherapy side effect management program and to evaluate its feasibility.

Methods

Smart Cancer Care comprises an application for patients and a dashboard for medical staff. Thirty-two symptoms to be managed using Smart Cancer Care were summarized through a literature review and Delphi. Management guidelines were developed based on the severity of each symptom (3 stages), and installed in Sma

SUBMITTER: Sin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature