Determinants of the implementation of eHealth-based long-term follow-up care for young cancer survivors: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth may help closing gaps in the long-term follow-up care of former young age cancer patients. While its introduction to medical aftercare appears promising, it also faces obstacles in the course of its implementation. This study explored what prospective eHealth applications have to achieve and what facilitating and hindering factors are associated with the implementation of them.

Methods

A qualitative, explorative-descriptive design involving semi-structured interviews was used in this study. General practitioners (GPs) from urban and rural areas as well as former cancer patients were recruited and interviewed. The interview guide focused on expectations of telemedical care services for the patient group of children and adolescents as well as potential facil

SUBMITTER: Stamer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature