A Mobile Technology for Collecting Patient-Reported Physical Activity and Distress Outcomes: Cross-Sectional Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic patient-reported outcome (PROs) provides a fast and reliable assessment of a patient's health-related quality of life. Nevertheless, using PRO in the traditional paper format is not practical for clinical practice due to the limitations associated with data analysis and management. A questionnaire app was developed to address the need for a practical way to group and use distress and physical activity assessment tools.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess the level of agreement between electronic (mobile) and paper-and-pencil questionnaire responses.

Methods

We validated the app version of the distress thermometer (DT), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). A total of 102 pa

SUBMITTER: Jung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature