Using mHealth Technology to Evaluate Daily Symptom Burden among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer therapies predispose survivors to a high symptom burden. This study utilized mobile health (mHealth) technology to assess the feasibility of collecting daily symptoms from adult survivors of childhood cancer to evaluate symptom fluctuation and associations with future health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL).

Methods

This prospective study used an mHealth platform to distribute a 20-item cancer-related symptom survey (5 consecutive days each month) and an HRQOL survey (the day after the symptom survey) over 3 consecutive months to participants from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. These surveys comprised a PROMIS-29 Profile and Neuro-QOL assessed HRQOL. Daily symptom burden was calculated by summing the severity (mild, moderate, or severe) of 20 symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Howell KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11394214 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature