Reluctance to Use a Psycho-Oncology Mobile App Among Patients With Primary Breast Cancer: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth is an increasingly used method of health care in the field of psycho-oncology. While many reports highlight the positive impact of psychological eHealth tools, some patients refuse to use them.

Objective

This study aimed to expand knowledge of the motivation and psychoemotional functioning of patients who consciously refuse to use eHealth technology in the form of a mobile psycho-oncology app offered as part of a clinical trial. To our knowledge, this is the first study to address this topic.

Methods

A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2022 and February 2023 to investigate the reasons why 56 patients with breast cancer refused to use the psycho-oncology mobile app offered as part of a clinical trial by the Breast Can

SUBMITTER: Pawelczak-Szastok M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12904500 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature