Computerized patient-reported symptom assessment in radiotherapy: a pilot randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Computer-based, patient-reported symptom survey tools have been described for patients undergoing chemotherapy. We hypothesized that patients undergoing radiotherapy might also benefit, so we developed a computer application to acquire symptom ratings from patients and generate summaries for use at point of care office visits and conducted a randomized, controlled pilot trial to test its feasibility.

Methods

Subjects were randomized prior to beginning radiotherapy. Both control and intervention group subjects completed the computerized symptom assessment, but only for the intervention group were printed symptom summaries made available before each weekly office visit. Metrics compared included the Global Distress Index (GDI), concordance of patient-reported symptoms

SUBMITTER: Fromme EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4769076 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature