Effects of a change in recall period on reporting severe symptoms: an analysis of a pragmatic multisite trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimal methods for deploying electronic patient-reported outcomes to manage symptoms in routine oncologic practice remain uncertain. The electronic symptom management (eSyM) program asks chemotherapy and surgery patients to self-report 12 common symptoms regularly. Feedback from nurses and patients led to changing the recall period from the past 7 days to the past 24 hours.

Methods

Using questionnaires submitted during the 16 weeks surrounding the recall period change, we assessed the likelihood of reporting severe or moderate and severe symptoms across 12 common symptoms and separately for the 5 most prevalent symptoms. Interrupted time-series analyses modeled the effects of the change using generalized linear mixed-effects models. Surgery and chemotherapy cohor

SUBMITTER: Paudel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11223809 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature