User-Centered Development of a Mobile App to Assess the Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer: Iterative Investigation and Usability Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The treatment for cancer can have a negative impact not only on physical well-being but also on mental health and the quality of life (QoL). Health apps enable the monitoring of different parameters, but to date, there are only few that support patients with cancer and none that focuses on the assessment of QoL. Furthermore, patients as stakeholders are often only integrated at the late stage of the development process, if at all.

Objective

The aim of this research was to develop and evaluate a smartphone app (Lion-App) to enable patients with cancer to autonomously measure the QoL with an iterative, user-centered approach.

Methods

Patients with cancer were involved in a 3-stage process from conceptualization to the point when the app was available on the t

SUBMITTER: Beutter CNL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565618 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature