Electronic symptom monitoring in patients with metastatic lung cancer: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To design an electronic questionnaire for symptom monitoring and to evaluate the feasibility, usability and acceptability when applied to patients with metastatic lung cancer.

Setting

Single-centre feasibility study.

Participants

Patients with stage IV lung cancer in antineoplastic treatment.

Interventions

This study describes the first three phases of a complex intervention design: phase 1, development of the intervention; phase 2, feasibility testing and phase 3, evaluation of the intervention. In phase 1, items were selected for the questionnaire and adjusted following patient interviews. In phase 2, patients completed the electronic questionnaire weekly during a 3-week feasibility test. In case of symptom deterioration, a nurse was notified with

SUBMITTER: Friis RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304800 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature