Using a Mobile Messenger Service as a Digital Diary to Capture Patients' Experiences Along Their Interorganizational Treatment Path in Gynecologic Oncology: Lessons Learned.

ABSTRACT: A digital diary in the form of a mobile messenger service offers a novel method for data collection in cancer research. Little is known about the things to consider when using this data collection method in clinical research for patients with cancer. In this Viewpoint paper, we discuss the lessons we learned from using a qualitative digital diary method via a mobile messenger service for data collection in oncology care. The lessons learned focus on three main topics: (1) data quality, (2) practical aspects, and (3) data protection. We hope to provide useful information to other researchers who consider this method for their research with patients. First, in this paper, we argue that the interactive nature of a digital diary via a messenger service is very well suited for the phenomenologi

SUBMITTER: Baum E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11319886 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature