Patients' experience of communication and handling of symptomatic adverse events in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study is based on a national cluster randomized trial investigating the effect of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) on treatment outcomes in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. All 13 oncology departments (11 clusters) treating breast cancer patients in Denmark were randomized to use electronic patient-reported outcomes with real-time clinician feedback (ePRO arm) to track symptoms or usual care for eliciting symptoms using a short paper tracking list (usual care arm). The impact of ePRO on clinical outcomes were examined, which is reported elsewhere. The purpose of the present study was to examine patient-reported experience measure (PREM) regarding communication and handling of side effects/symptoms.

Methods

For this sub-study,

SUBMITTER: Bæksted CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868829 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature