Content validation of an electronic remote toxicity management system in adult patients undergoing cancer treatment: a prospective longitudinal study on the QuestOnco application.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-treatment toxicity is common and symptoms must be identified quickly and accurately. Since symptom reporting during consultations is hampered by time constraints and patient/oncologist biases, patient-reported outcome-measure (PROM) questionnaires are useful. A strong shift to at-home cancer treatment has led to growing interest in remote symptom monitoring via electronic-PROMs (ePROMs). However, because PROMs are generally designed for medical-staff use, ePROMs must be adapted to patient comprehension/abilities. Here, to meet the oncological-healthcare needs of our region, we developed QuestOnco, a mobile-phone ePROM application. It is based on the symptom descriptions and severity grades of the PRO-CTCAE PROM and is designed for real-time on-demand reporting of

SUBMITTER: Longo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11665079 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature