Mobile Application to Promote Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy and Symptom Management: A Protocol for Design and Development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral chemotherapy is increasingly used in place of traditional intravenous chemotherapy to treat patients with cancer. While oral chemotherapy includes benefits such as ease of administration, convenience, and minimization of invasive infusions, patients receive less oversight, support, and symptom monitoring from clinicians. Additionally, adherence is a well-documented challenge for patients with cancer prescribed oral chemotherapy regimens. With the ever-growing presence of smartphones and potential for efficacious behavioral intervention technology, we created a mobile health intervention for medication and symptom management.

Objective

The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate the usability and acceptability of a smartphone app to support adheren

SUBMITTER: Fishbein JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5418526 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature