The Preferences of Patients With Cancer Regarding Apps to Help Meet Their Illness-Related Information Needs: Qualitative Interview Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shift from inpatient to outpatient and community cancer care means that more patients with cancer need to manage their condition at home, without the direct supervision of their clinician. Subsequently, research has reported that many patients with cancer have unmet information needs during their illness. Mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablet computers, provide an opportunity to deliver information to patients remotely. Before designing an app intervention to help patients with cancer to meet their information needs, in-depth qualitative research is required to gain an understanding of the views of the target users.

Objective

We aimed to develop an app intervention to help patients meet their illness-related information needs in noninpatient setting

SUBMITTER: Richards R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693303 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature